| Frederick W. Sims -- Captain &
Assistant Adjutant General; Major & Quartermaster; Lieutenant
Colonel & Quarter Master |
| June 24, 1861 |
Raised rates on his
Savannah newspaper
|
| July 10, 1861 |
As 1st Lieutenant and
Commander of Company B, Oglethorpe Light Infantry, received weapons
and gave a bond for them
|
| July 23,1861 |
Elected Captain of Company B of
Oglethorpe Light infantry
|
| July 25, 1861 |
Commanded the military/militia
units in Savannah who escorted the body of General Francis S. Bartow,
who had fallen at First Bull Run, from the train station to the
Exchange and, the next day, to the funeral. He had met the body in
Charleston and provided an honor guard on its trip to Savannah.
|
| August 23, 1861 |
Requisitioned Fuel
for his company
|
| September 3, 1861 |
Enlisted and recorded as Captain
of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry (Company B of the 1st Regiment of
Georgia Volunteers) in Savannah. Future Quartermaster General A. R.
Lawton was the commanding Colonel of the regiment.
|
| September 1861 through April 11,
1862 |
Commanded his company of 65 men
in Savannah, then as part of the Fort Pulaski garrison. Captured
when the fort surrendered.
|
| September 18, 1861 |
Was a Delegate to Georgia
Convention to select electors for President
|
| October 4, 1861 |
Requisitioned
stationery at Fort Pulaski
|
| December 27, 1861 |
Wrote his sisters
from Ft. Pulaski
|
| January 31, 1862 |
Requested items for
his men at Ft. Pulaski
|
| March 30, 1862 |
Wrote his sister
from Ft. Pulaski
|
| April 11, 1862 |
Along with the rest
of the garrison of Fort Pulaski, was surrendered after Union
artillery breeched the fort's walls |
| April 13, 1862 |
Placed on board U. S. Steam
Transport Ben Deford |
| June 2, 1862 |
Prisoner at Fort Columbus in New
York Harbor |
| September 1, 1862 |
Prisoner near Sandusky, Ohio |
| September 17, 1862 |
Reported all Fort
Pulaski prisoners arived in Vicksburg
|
| September 20, 1862 |
Part of 1,104 men returned to
the South on the Steamer John H. Done, near Vicksburg |
| September 21-25, 1862 |
Passed through
Mobile on the way to Savannah
|
| October 1, 1862 |
Ordered returned
prisoners to camp
|
| Ocober 9, 1862 |
Regimental officers
meeting
|
| October 15, 1862 |
Re-elected Captain of
his company
|
| October, 1862 |
At Camp Lover's Lane, commanding
his old company, now Company H |
| November 10, 1862 |
Declared exchanged at Aikins
Landing |
| November 1862 |
At Camp Olmstead with his
company |
| December, 1862 |
At Camp Neely with his company
|
| December 6, 1862 |
1st Lieutenant {actually
Captain} of Georgia Volunteers, ordered to
proceed to Richmond and report to Col. W. M. Wadley, Assistant
Adjutant General. (Had been Captain, Company H, 1st Georgia
Infantry). Was sent on detached duty; was
retained on his company's roll through the rest of the war. |
| December 25, 1862 |
Published new newspaper rates
|
| January 14, 1863 |
Was elected City Printer by
Savannah City Council |
| February 3, 1863 |
Took inventory of Confederate
Locomotive Shops in Raleigh as part of closing down those shops.
|
| February 10, 1863 |
Received locomotive
Spark from Sharp
|
| February 20, 1863 |
Received Locomotive
Shop material from Capt. Sharp
| NA,
RRB 2-8-63 |
| NA,
RRB 2-20-63 |
| NA,
RRB 2-24-63 |
| NA,
RRB 2-28-63 |
| NA,
RRB 3-21-63 |
| NA,
RRB 3-25-63 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31-63 |
| NA,
RRB 4-7-63 |
| NA,
LS 4-30-63 |
| NA,
LS 4-30K-63 |
| NA,
RRB 5-1-63 |
| NA,
RRB 5-13-63 |
| NA,
RRB 5-26-63 |
| NA,
RRB 5-29A-63 |
| NA,
RRB 4-1PT1-64 (and following 11 parts) |
|
| March ?, 1863 |
Was likely source
for Savannah Republican article
|
| April 8, 1863 |
Assisted Wadley in
calling for salt transportation convention
|
| May 23, 1863 |
Was issued rope
|
| May 26, 1863 |
Asked for a man to
help move locomotives from Mobile
|
| May 27, 1863 |
Noted by Wadley as
receiving the Bureau's property in Raleigh
|
| May x, 1863 |
Received Secretary
of War/Quartermaster General's decision on increasing RR rates
|
| Reported stores in
bad order and not shipped at Raleigh
|
| June 1, 1863 |
Rate increase for
Mobile & Great Northern RR
|
| June 2, 1863 |
Asked about contract
with Petersburg RR
|
| Confirmation that
Sims had been given Wadley's job
|
| June 4, 1863 |
Captain & A. A. G., to assume duties of inspector
and Agent of Railroad Transportation lately held by Col. Wadley
|
| Requested mileage be
paid to Hottel
|
| June 6, 1863 |
Major Peirce replied
to Sims' charge of freight detention
|
| June 8, 1863 |
Recommended
Wilmington & Manchester RR rate increase
|
| June 9, 1863 |
Pushed South
Carolina RR to ship corn
|
| Recommended strict
accountability for loss of corn
|
| Pushed Sharp to find
corn
|
| Looking for corn
|
| Wilmington &
Manchester RR requested details
|
| Asked payment of
Charleston & Savannah RR accounts
|
| Ordered by Secretary
of War to investigate sale of locomotives to Manassas Gap RR by
Sharp
|
| June 10, 1863 |
Investigated possible
preference for shipping private cotton
|
| Arranged to get
rolling stock across the river at Mobile
|
| June 11, 1863 |
Reported on
Commissary Department corn shipments
|
| June 12, 1863 |
Reported on
disagreement on purchase of a locomotive
|
| Directed guns to go to
Johnston by mail train
|
| June 13, 1863 |
Confirmed rates for
the Macon & Western RR
|
| Sold 2 locomotives
to Piedmont RR
|
| Confirmed mileage
for Hottel
|
| June 15, 1863 |
Asked Sharp if he
will agree to swap Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotives with the
Piedmont RR
|
| Invited Whitford to
join RR Bureau
|
| June 16, 1863 |
Asked South Carolina
RR to ship cotton through to Wilmington
|
| Requested a detail for
the Virginia Central RR
|
| Advised that cars
cannot be run on another road
|
| June 17, 1863 |
Can you send her to
Mobile?
|
| June 18, 1863 |
Requested men for
Virginia Central RR
|
| Major Sehon has been
instructed
|
| Will see Secretary of
War about a Northeastern RR letter
|
| Instructed Hottel to
supply cars to Bragg, tells Hottel Sims will soon have cars of
Tennessee & Alabama RR, asked Hottel when he will reach Richmond
|
| Told Hottel to go to
Knoxville and discuss corn requirements
|
| June 19, 1863 |
Sharp ordered to
report to the QM General what material he had on hand that had not
been receipted by Wadley so that it could be ordered turned over to
Sims
|
| Requested that a
railroad man be sent to secure and remove captured RR property
|
| Advised Wilmington
& Weldon RR about assistance
|
| Asked if Gen. Whiting
is still detaining Northeastern RR cars
|
| QMG asked about
rates for rolling stock on Mobile & Great Northern RR
|
| June 23, 1863 |
Answered Gov. Brown's
concerns about rates
|
| Asked status of East
Tennessee & Virginia RR
|
| Forwarded payment
for sale of 2 locomotives
|
| June 24, 1863 |
Asked for assistance
for Capt. Hottel in removing rolling stock from the west
|
| June 25, 1863 |
QM General pointed
out that Sims was in charge of RR rates
|
| Asked Secretary of War
for a clerk and received one
|
| June 26, 1863 |
Forwarded Macon &
Western RR telegram to QM General
|
| His request for
increase in rates for Greenville & Columbia RR approved
|
| June 27, 1863 |
Made
recommendation on Alabama & Florida (of Florida) RR case
|
| Told Capt. Branch
to send his engineer after the locomotive Anderson
|
| June 28, 1863 |
Sharp reported he was
turning over to Sims all RR material that Wadley did not receipt
|
| July 1, 1863 |
Published order
detailing relationship between Government and RRs
|
| July 6, 1863 |
Ordered to check
out the bridges between Richmond and Petersburg
|
| July 7, 1863 |
Reports that
Whitford will accept position in the Railroad Bureau
|
| July 9, 1863 |
Appointed Major & Quarter Master, to rank from
July 7, 1863, to report to the Quarter Master General |
| July 9, 1863 |
Appointed Major John D. Whitford
supervisor of transportation for North Carolina, at Goldsboro, N. C.
|
| July 10, 1863 |
Asked Macon &
Western RR to repair a locomotive coming from Mobile
|
| Recommended rate
increase for a Florida RR
|
| Made case for a
detail for Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| Recommended rate
increase for a Georgia RR
|
| July 11,
1863 |
Cannot get a free
pass, but can get Government officer's ticket for your man
|
| Asked Sanford to meet
him in Petersburg the next day
|
| Received letter of
Alabama & Florida (of Florida) RR issues
|
| Askd approval of
contract with various RR
|
| July 13, 1863 |
Informed Maj. Branch
that the Government will take locomotive Anderson out
|
| Asked QMG for
general order allowing him to travel at will
|
| Wrote QMG
regarding certain claims
|
| Askd for Augusta
rates for Southern (of Mississippi) RR
|
| Askd for rate
increase for Atlantic & Gulf RR
|
| July 14, 1863 |
Bught locomotive
Black Diamond
|
| Planed to go to
Knoxville soon
|
| Tires for the James
in Petersburg
|
| Has applied for 2
|
| Requested a detail
|
| July 15,
1863 |
Requested rate
increase for Mississippi & Tennessee RR
|
| Requested 250 axes for
Wilmington & Manchester and Wilmington & Weldon RRs
|
| July 16, 1863 |
From Lynchburg,
reported that the Knoxville route is open
|
| July 17, 1863 |
Planed to be in
Columbia on the 27th
|
| July 18, 1863 |
Was addressed in
Atlanta
|
| July 19, 1863 |
Wrote from
Knoxville regarding use of Rogersville & Jefferson RR iron
|
| July 20, 1863 |
Regarding his
newspaper
|
| President was
informed that Sims is in charge or rates and is out of the city of
official business
|
| Sims will meet Hottel
in Montgomery, where Sims was
|
| July 21, 1863 |
Reported that the iron
on the "Florida road" can be taken up and given to
Pollard.
|
| July 24, 1863 |
Notified, in
Knoxville, of iron
available for Saltville Branch
|
| Sims will be out of
the city until the 29th
|
| July 25, 1863 |
Noted by Secretary
of War as "active and efficient"
|
| July 31, 1863 |
Paid for repairs to
the Government track in Augusta
|
| July ?, 1863 |
Explained rate issues
|
| August 1, 1863 |
Bought locomotive
Black Diamond from the Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Sent recapitulation
of Government rules for RRs
|
| Assisted Richmond &
Danville RR in recovering the cost of preparing trains on 2
occasions
|
| August 3, 1863 |
Asked Gorgas for tin
|
| Asked East Tennessee
& Georgia RR if they want a locomotive
|
| August 4, 1863 |
Told Piedmont RR he
has not a wheel, axle or truck
|
| Tried to find Hugh
Rice
|
| Said Manassas Gap RR
should get carriage from Virginia Central RR
|
| Recommended increased
rates for 4 RRs
|
| Requested details
|
| August 5, 1863 |
Helped get a job for
a disabled man
|
| Responded to letter
regarding care of sick and wounded on trains
|
| August 6, 1863 |
Directed North
Carolina RR to return flats by passenger train
|
| Told Hottel to
visit the site, figure the requirements, then telegram him how many
cars and engines can be saved
|
| Discussed support
for the South Carolina RR
|
| Reported that
northern Virginia RRs need government assistance
|
| August 7, 1863 |
We have enough flats
for the present emergency
|
| Did not control any
Louisville & Nashville RR cars. Best source is those coming over
in Mobile
|
| August 8, 1863 |
Requested Charles C.
Sims be assigned to his office in Richmond
|
| Received list of
exempt men on Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
|
| Told to ensure
proper transportation for sick and wounded
|
| Yes
|
| Tried to move iron
for shells
|
| Offered to sell a
locomotive
|
| Was the iron shipped
by canal or railroad
|
| Informed of Ordnance
Department's desire to have cotton shipped without breaking bulk
|
| Confirmed Augusta
Rates for 2 RRs
|
| August 9, 1863 |
Will Maxwell go to
Mississippi to do work for the Government?
|
| August 10, 1863 |
Printed
"Instructions to Railroad Companies"
|
| Chief of Engineer
Bureau was pleased that Sims had been assigned to superintend
transportation
|
| Send me info and I
will help get details
|
| Ordered Whitford to
hurry forward the guns at Weldon
|
| Ordered Whitford to
do everything possible to ship corn; gave travel plans
|
| Reported on difficulty
of transporting coal to Georgia and South Carolina
|
| August 11, 1863 |
Instructed Jones and LeBaron to find Hottel and have him meet Sims in Atlanta
|
| Requested details
|
| Requested Augusta
rates for 2 RRs
|
| Wrote Whitford
regarding use of other cars on the Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Memphis &
Charleston RR contract made by Wadley was forwarded to him
|
| August 3, 1863 to January 13, 1864 |
At Richmond, signing as Major & Q. M.
|
| August 12, 1863 |
QM General strongly
supported Sims' plan to supply Lee with corn via the inland route
(Knoxville route)
|
| Recommended
connecting the RRs in Montgomery
|
| Requested to provide
transportation for military coal to Savannah
|
| August 13, 1863 |
Seixas wanted order
for South Carolina RR to carry cotton from Augusta to Charleston
|
| Recommended Alabama
& Tennessee River RR be classed a side line and rate increased
|
| Wanted to meet
McDowell in Atlanta
|
| Reported on need for
a crane for transferring heavy guns at Charlotte
|
| Received Secretary
of War instruction regarding salt transportation
|
| Received Secretary
of War response to a claim from Sims for interest on certain
Charleston & Savannah RR bonds
|
| August 14, 1863 |
Reported destruction
of a car by a Navy agent and requests protection from its loss
|
| August 15, 1863 |
QMG reported he is
out of Richmond on business for his office
|
| August 17, 1863 |
QM General ordered
that to ensure consistency, all communications related to rates will
go through Smith
|
| Report requested
regarding completing the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR
|
| Received report on
damaged cars on Petersburg connector track
|
| August 19, 1863 |
Major Thomas Peters
assigned to assist him in East Tennessee, Georgia & Alabama
|
| Informed of cheap
lumber in eastern North Carolina and difficulties in transporting it
|
| August 20, 1863 |
Responded to requests
for return of detailed men
|
| Comments requested
|
| August 22, 1863 |
QMG forwarded Morfit's report of confusion in Petersburg Dept. because of lack of
cars and conflicting orders
|
| Informed that Macon & Western RR
accounts are settled in Atlanta
|
| August 24, 1863 |
What is needed to
save the rolling stock in Mississippi
|
| Asked for opinion
regarding turning over iron to keep rolling stock up
|
| August
25, 1863 |
Received request for
2 engines
|
| Requested Virginia
Central RR labor not be impressed to work on the defences
|
| Requested details
|
| August 26, 1863 |
Send the cotton in
preference to corn to Wilmington
|
| Lee ordered detailed
men to contact Sims if their pay is not correct
|
| August 27, 1863 |
Can he provide a
locomotive and flats for the Piedmont RR
|
| Drane will not give
up the Dart
|
| Informed Hottel that
QM General will order the labor he needs
|
| Wanted 3 cars
ammunition sent south from Weldon
|
| August 28, 1863 |
Mobile & Great
Northern RR locomotive status
|
| Told Taylor to get
his cars unloaded without delay
|
| Informed Wilmington &
Weldon RR regarding orders through Whitfield
|
| Recommended a detail
|
| Told to provide wood
for Charlottesville hospitals
|
| August 29, 1863 |
Asked Central (of
Georgia) RR to run cotton through to Wilmington
|
| Handled details
|
| August 31, 1863 |
Reported use of RR
Bureau Agent
|
| Asked Pollard to
contact Tate
|
| Rate increase for
whiskey forwarded
|
| Requested details
|
| September 1, 1863 |
Paid for repairs to
the connecting track in Augusta
|
| Wanted Vandergrift to
come see him
|
| Asked for
reconsideration of detail requests
|
| Asked for guidance on
compensation for rolling stock of Alabama & Florida (of Florida) RR
and related accounts of 2 other RRs
|
| Forwarded contract
with Norfolk & Petersburg RR for QMG's signature
|
| September 2, 1863 |
Asked for a bill to
cover material already provided
|
| Ordered C. C. Sims to
help get supplies forward from Columbus
|
| Ordered Whitford to
send 6 flats for guns
|
| Recommended rate
increase
|
| Recommended details
|
| September 3, 1863 |
Trying to get an
answer from Col. Tate
|
| Informed Wilmington
& Manchester RR that enrollment will stop until their report can
be acted on
|
| Recommended a detail
|
| September 4, 1863 |
Ordered Mobile &
Great Northern RR and Wilmington & Weldon RR to reach agreement
on locomotive Dart
|
| September 5, 1863 |
Informed Atlantic
& Gulf RR that conscription was on hold for them
|
| Receiveed request to
return detailed men
|
| Requested assignment
of Maj Peters to RR Bureau and stationed in Atlanta
|
| September 5, 1863 |
Moving Longstreet
to Georgia
| RRBAT 9-3-1863 |
| H, RRB 9-5-1863 |
| H, RRB 9-5A-1863 |
| H, RRB 9-7-1863 |
| H, RRB 9-7A-1863 |
| H, RRB 9-7B-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-7-1863 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-8B-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8A-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8B-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8C-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8D-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8E-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8F-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8G-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8H-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8I-63 |
| H, RRB 9-8J-63 |
| RRBAT 9-8-1863 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-9C-63 |
| H, RRB 9-10-63 |
| H, RRB 9-10A-63 |
| H, RRB 9-11-63 |
| H, RRB 9-11A-63 |
| H, RRB 9-11B-63 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-11C-63 |
| H, RRB 9-12-63 |
| RRBAT 9-12-1863 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-14-63 |
| RRBAT 9-14B-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-14C-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-14D-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-14E-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-14F-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-14G-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-14H-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-15-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-15B-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-15C-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-15D-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-15E-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-15F-1863 |
| H, RRB 9-16-63 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-16A-63 |
| RRBAT 9-16-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-16A-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-16B-1863 |
| H, RRB 9-17-63 |
| H, RRB 9-17A-63 |
| RRBAT 9-18A-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-18B-1863 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-18-63 |
| RRBAT 9-19-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-19A-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-21-1863 |
| RRBAT 9-25-1863 |
|
| September 8, 1863 |
Conveyed QMG's order
to Maj. Mickaloffsky to estimate unsettled accounts of the Macon
& Western RR
|
| Asked when Ben Smith
was coming to Richmond
|
| Forwarded request for
a detail
|
| September 9, 1863 |
Promised to loan 20
cars to Wilmington & Manchester RR from cars at Montgomery
|
| Asked East Tennessee
railroads to lease him 2 locomotives for Sharp
|
| Promised to order a
engine to probably the Montgomery & West Point RR
|
| Ordered Capt. Sims to
Maj. Peters in Atlanta
|
| Recommended rate
changes
|
|
September 10, 1863 |
Recommended a detail
|
| Recommended rate
increase
|
| Recommended
disapproval of a transportation proposal
|
| September 11, 1863 |
Would speak to Capt.
Ross about cars for the Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| Asked Cheraw &
Darlington RR if they can carry cotton to Wilmington
|
| Received papers
concerning the iron for the Charleston & Savannah RR
|
| September 12, 1863 |
Allowed Mobile &
Great Northern RR to retain a locomotive for ten more days
|
| Requested details
|
| Forwarded request for
Government to pay for RR iron on Charleston connector
|
| September 14, 1863 |
What is to be done
with Memphis & Ohio RR rolling stock?
|
| September 15, 1863 |
Corn shipments from
Raleigh
|
| Received 3 dozen
shovels
|
| September 16, 1863 |
Asked Whitford for 2
trains to assist Petersburg RR
|
| September 17, 1863 |
Going to Montgomery
for meeting regarding rolling stock
|
| September 18, 1863 |
Major Hottel wanted
an answer from Sims
|
| Alabama &
Florida (of Florida) RR locomotives held up by writ
|
| Told 4
Superintendents to meet him in Montgomery to distribute rolling
stock
|
| Told Hottel to have
Jones at the Montgomery meeting
|
| Asked Peters to join
Sims in Montgomery
|
| Asked Drane to meet
him at the Wilmington station
|
| Requested details
|
| September 19, 1863 |
Sims' opinion on how
to provide wood fuel for Charlottesville hospitals is approved
|
| September 20, 1863 |
An expected box is
in Petersburg
|
| September 23, 1863 |
Arranged a meeting
in Charleston
|
| Mississippi Central
RR requested rate increase
|
| September 24, 1863 |
Comments requested
regarding running a Mississippi RR
|
| Received request for
wood cutters
|
| September 25, 1863 |
Complaint against
Richmond & Danville RR rates referred to him
|
| September 26, 1863 |
Informed of
continuing losses to food shipments
|
| September 28, 1863 |
A Superintendent
needs an exemption letter immediately
|
| Detail requested
|
| September 30, 1863 |
Requested negroes
working on Virginia Central RR be retained
|
| October 1, 1863 |
Asked where to get
10 coal cars
|
| QMG states how RRs
are to request a rate increase
|
| October 3, 1863 |
Wilmington &
Weldon RR wants accounts audited at once
|
| October 6, 1863 |
QM General tells
Sam Tate that the RR transportation duties are more than one man
can perform
|
| October 7, 1863 |
Seixas wanted Sims to
visit Wilmington
|
| October 9, 1863 |
Told Whitford the
Roanoke Valley RR rail shipment plan
|
| Told Georgia RR
Superintendent that exemption is on the way
|
| Offered a locomotive
to Charlotte & South Carolina RR
|
| October 10, 1863 |
Mobile & Great
Northern RR requested locomotive
|
| October 11, 1863 |
Requested to help
with cotton shipment
|
| Wilmington &
Manchester RR requested 3 locomotives
|
| Recommended rate
increase
|
| October 12, 1863 |
Major Thomas Peters asked
Sims to send telegram if Sims wanted to keep Peters
|
| Sims asked status of
injunction
|
| Identified to an
Alabama Superintendent
|
| Responded to Navy
request for old B&O RR cars
|
| Requested new rates
for Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
|
| October 13, 1863 |
Savannah, Albany
& Gulf RR requested a locomotive
|
| Virginia Central RR
asked for help hauling iron to Staunton
|
| Details requested
|
| Considered
procedure for lost freight
|
| Told to make
arrangements if he thinks right
|
| Asked about RR
accounts from Mississippi
|
| October 14, 1863 |
His views quoted
regarding Charleston & Savannah RR bridge
|
| Asked for adjustment
of invoice
|
| Asked for detail of 3
men
|
| Asked Sharp to take a
load of cotton, if possible
|
| Requested order to
prevent Richmond & Petersburg RR cars being run below Weldon
|
| Fuel requested for
hospitals
|
| Reported the orders
for a detail have not arrived
|
| October 15, 1863 |
Reported contract
for rates on Western North Carolina RR
|
| October 16, 1863 |
Requested a detail
|
| October 17, 1863 |
Was expected to be
in Wilmington this date
|
| Was requested to
provide hands for Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
|
| Paid for repairs to
Augusta track
|
| October 19, 1863 |
Authorized contract for
transportation on Mississippi & Tennessee RR
|
| Asked Whitford to
investigate troop movement problems
|
| Acknowledged the
value of the Georgia RR
|
| Asked Charleston &
Savannah RR Superintendent to come to Richmond
|
| Received return of
his request for Maj Peter's assignment
|
| October 20, 1863 |
Confirmed rates for
the Richmond & York River RR
|
| Requested to aid in
getting iron for the Piedmont RR shipped through Petersburg
|
| Requested
Superintendent, Charleston & Savannah RR meet with him
|
| Asked for help with
his accounts
|
| Requested to provide
tin for cars
|
| Details of men
|
| Requested return of
lathe
|
| Notified that Mobile
& Ohio RR not giving receipts according to Circular
|
| October 21, 1863 |
Requested to decide
who can move their rolling stock out of Montgomery first
|
| Request axes from
Engineer Bureau for Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| Asked for
instructions on disposing of improvements on Raleigh & Gaston RR
land
|
| October 22, 1863 |
Requested to hurry
the draft for the Upson County RR
|
| South Carolina RR
reported they are ready to ship cotton on their own cars
|
| Return of a detailed
man
|
| Recommended Hottel be
promoted to Major
|
| Georgia RR requested
permission to ship through the blockade
|
| October 23, 1863 |
Instructed that
removed iron will be charged as Government freight
|
| Report from
Whitford
|
| Informed QMG of
success in moving rolling stock east and need for eastern roads to
take better care of their own cars
|
| Wilmington &
Weldon RR needed information for their annual report, axes and
spades and a small locomotive
|
| October 24, 1863 |
Petersburg RR
President to meet with Sims this date, but could not make it
|
| Superintendent of
Charleston & Savannah RR thought Sims' plan practicable, but
he should send one of his assistants to Charleston to make
arrangements
|
| Instructed to
provide transportation for Navy cotton
|
| October 25, 1863 |
Wilmington commander
wanted the guns at Weldon shipped to him
|
| Informed that 2
Nashville & Chattanooga RR trains are being sent to Wilmington
& Manchester RR
|
| Requested to get
cotton in Augusta shipped straight through to Wilmington
|
| October 26, 1863 |
2 Memphis & Ohio
RR locomotives wanted
|
| Mobile & Great
Northern RR wanted 2 detailed men continued
|
| Sent new
Wilmington & Weldon RR rates for approval
|
| October 27, 1863 |
Have you made
arrangements to ship Roanoke Valley RR iron to the Piedmont RR?
|
| Asked for a detail
for the Virginia & Tennessee RR
|
| Rate increase
requested
|
| October 28, 1863 |
Misunderstanding on
the routing of a train
|
| October 29, 1863 |
Major Hottel did
not have the engines from Selma
|
| Charlotte &
South Carolina RR wanted 2 locomotives
|
| Approved
reimbursement for repairs to rented Richmond & York River RR
locomotive
|
| Askd for labor and
materials to build switch on Orange & Alexandria RR
|
| Provided QMG with
comparative distances on various RRs
|
| October 30, 1863 |
Sexias reported
needing 1500 bales per week in Wilmington
|
| October 31, 1863 |
Reportd use of RR
Bureau Agent
|
| November 2, 1863 |
Claims purchased
Manassas Gap locomotive #3 is need by the government
|
| Requested a detail
|
| November 6, 1863 |
Requested to give a
letter to assist the movement of iron to East Tennessee
|
| November 7, 1863 |
Detail requested
|
| November 10, 1863 |
Requested to contact
President of East Tennessee & Georgia RR
|
| Alabama &
Florida (of Alabama) RR wanted a locomotive
|
| Norfolk & Petersburg
RR contract discussion
|
| Bills for tank iron
from Locomotive Shop
|
| November 11, 1863 |
Provided a lathe to
the Orange & Alexandria RR
|
| Detail requested
|
| November 13, 1863 |
Was tracking
and pushing urgent
corn shipments toward Richmond
|
| Asked Whitford to
attend a convention as an advisor
|
| Told to resolve issue
of who would control the new supply depot in Petersburg
|
| Details requested
|
| November 15, 1863 |
Received Richmond &
Danville RR request for machinery to replace that given to Piedmont
RR
|
| Received statement
by Morfit of Morfit's version of his position
|
| November 16, 1863 |
Received Richmond &
Danville RR request for promised machinery and six machinists
|
| Received letter from Morfit about Morfit's position
|
| Received letter from Morfit about use of Government track in Petersburg
|
| Received Navy
request for 2 locomotives in Atlanta
|
| Requestd rate
increase
|
| Received Capt Sims'
resignation
|
| November 19, 1863 |
Received Engineer
Bureau willingness to provided shovels requested by Wilmington &
Weldon RR
|
| Approved charge for
moving locomotives and cars from Mobile to Mobile & Great Northern
RR
|
| November 20, 1863 |
Made contract to
connect RRs in Montgomery
|
| November 21, 1863 |
Forwarded Richmond &
Petersburg RR's proposal to run the Richmond and Petersburg
Government tracks
|
| November 22, 1863 |
Requested appointment
and assignment of George A. Cuyler as RR Bureau agent in Charleston
|
| Forwarded a detail
request
|
| Western &
Atlantic RR wanted Sims to order the Macon & Western RR to ship
bridge timbers at once
|
| November 23, 1863 |
Ordered to ensure
cotton supply to Wilmington
|
| Checked lumber
freight charge
|
| November 24, 1863 |
Questioned about
shipping Navy cotton
|
| Informed that
chartered freight on Central (of Georgia) RR has increased 50%
|
| November 25, 1863 |
Was in Macon through
December 1st. Held a RR convention there
|
| Informed of
difficulty of shipping on North Carolina RR
|
| November 26, 1863 |
Received
observations on transporting cotton over Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| November
27, 1863 |
Informed that
Virginia Central RR cannot support Lee during the coming winter
|
| Informed of the
Government's view of the arrangement with the Raleigh & Gaston
RR for the Locomotive shop buildings and improvements
|
| Major Peters
assigned the supervision of all railroad transportation west of the
Alabama River, under the directions of Sims
|
| QM General
convinced the Wilmington & Manchester RR is not playing fair on
cotton shipments and Sims was to investigate
|
| November 30, 1863 |
Reported use of RR
Bureau Agent
|
| Savannah, Albany
& Gulf RR need duplicate order for locomotive
|
| November x, 1863 |
Ordered Capt. Cuyler
to Richmond for instructions
|
| December 1, 1863 |
Paid for movement of
5 locomotives from Pollard to Montgomery
|
| Informed of coal
shortage for Navy at Charleston
|
| Received Tate's
request to keep Whitfield in RR service
|
| December 2, 1863 |
Informed that
cotton is detained in Charleston and no arrangements for shipment to
Wilmington
|
| Details requested
|
| December 5, 1863 |
Was reported to be
in Georgia for a meeting of railroad men
|
| QM General hoped
Sims would be able to supply the cotton needed in Wilmington
|
| December 7, 1863 |
Western &
Atlantic RR needed 2 or 3 locomotives
|
| Majors Peters and
Hottel in Atlanta
|
| Peters to receive
his orders from Sims
|
| Investigated claim of
Alabama & Florida RR against Mobile & Great Northern RR for use of
rolling stock
|
| December 8, 1863 |
Ordered Cuyler to
Savannah to take charge of Government transportation on 3 RRs
|
| Asked to comment on
corn shipments on Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| Received report of
shortage of cars
|
| Requestd details
|
| Received Petersburg
RR letter regarding firing of Morfit
|
| Reported receiving
information that Duncan has paid for freight on cotton that is on
Government account
|
| Needed lumber
transportation
|
| December 9, 1863 |
Major Carrington
annoying Capt. Sims
|
| Idle locomotive in
Montgomery
|
| Macon & Western
RR train seized in Wilmington
|
| Asked Whitford to
move a load of potatoes
|
| Received Manassas Gap
RR bill
|
| December 10, 1863 |
Questioned about a
connecting road contract in Montgomery
|
| Asked about price to
charge RR when goods are lost or stolen
|
| Settled Manassas Gap
RR claim
|
| Arranging Richmond &
Petersburg RR to run Government tracks in both cities
|
| Forwarded telegram
regarding corn shipments
|
| Proposed relaxation
of loss and damage rules for special cotton trains whose vouchers
have been received
|
| Requested a detail
|
| December 11, 1863 |
A Georgia road needed
cars to clear local freight from its depots
|
| Yesterday's message
not understood
|
| Problem shipping
cotton to Wilmington
|
| In response to Sims'
request, Sharp offered a Charlotte & South Carolina RR train
|
| Assisted in arranging
loaning of train. Was in Macon
|
| Reported on just
completed arrangement to protect cotton train cars from impressment
|
| Asked details
|
| December 12, 1863 |
Northeastern RR
president wrote regarding the impressment of his trains
|
| Instructions
regarding private trains arriving at Wilmington
|
| Result of his
investigation regarding the North Carolina RR communicated by the
QM General
|
| December 14, 1863 |
Informed Secretary
of War that Wilmington & Weldon RR needs a particular locomotive
that the Government has owned, but it has been sold to the Piedmont
RR
|
| December
15, 1863 |
Asked if all cotton
being shipped must be on War Department account
|
| Asked where to
employ a Charleston & Savannah RR train
|
| Northeastern RR
reported conflict in where to use its trains
|
| Captain Sims said he
will stick with Major Sims
|
| December 16, 1863 |
Would discuss
providing a locomotive to Petersburg RR
|
| Urges corn shipments
night and day
|
| Have no cotton to
ship
|
| Northeastern RR tries
to bargain regarding train seizures
|
| Mobile & Ohio RR
request extension of 2 details
|
| December 17, 1863 |
Capt. Sims reported he
has 2 trains promised
|
| Visited Capt. Sharp
in Columbia
|
| December 18, 1863 |
Western &
Atlantic RR wanted help from East Tennessee & Georgia RR
|
| Informed that a
locomotive had been shipped from Montgomery
|
| Ordered to assist
Capt. Wellford in improving Commissary shipments to Richmond
|
| Letter relative to
connecting roads in Charleston
|
| Received request from
Finley for position as Transportation Agent in Charleston
|
| In response to
President Davis direction, submited thorough examination of Virginia
Central RR
|
| Detail requested
|
| December 19, 1863 |
Informed that Weldon
can ship only a few cars
|
| Informed by Capt.
Cuyler that he woud go to Charleston tomorrow, unless Sims wanted him
to wait in Savannah for Sims
|
| South Carolina RR
asked for five more miles of rail
|
| Asked to help free
cotton detained in Charleston
|
| Major Hillyer
ordered to make contract for soldiers' travel and report the
contract to Sims
|
| December 21, 1863 |
Told he was written
a letter last night to him in Savannah
|
| December
22, 1863 |
Charleston & Savannah
RR Superintendent would meet Sims at the Charleston Depot
|
| North Eastern RR
train seized in Wilmington
|
| Charleston & Savannah
RR train seized in Wilmington
|
| Requested details
|
| December 23, 1863 |
| Charleston & Savannah RR train seized
in Wilmington
|
|
| QMG ordered 2
locomotive boilers at Montgomery given to Whiting
|
| December 24, 1863 |
Was sent a plan for
pooling rolling stock
|
| December
26, 1863 |
Raleigh & Gaston RR
asked for his help regarding food
|
| Details requested
|
| Received report that
Mobile & Ohio RR coal was seized and their shops were now shut
|
| Received report that
a search was being made for old corn in Wilmington & Manchester RR
depots
|
| December
28, 1863 |
Capt. Sims wanted to
explain problem he had with QM Maj. Winnemore; wanted to be ordered
to Richmond to explain
|
| Charlotte &
South Carolina RR refused to accept Government freight
|
| Need to retain
detailed man
|
| Stewart ordered to
confer with Sims in Savannah
|
| A train to
Wilmington seized
|
| Detail requested
|
| December 29, 1863 |
Mobile & Ohio RR
wrote regarding reimbursements
|
| Georgia Governor
Brown complained of RR rates
|
| Received letter from
president of Northeastern RR
|
| Received complaint of
RR management
|
| December 30, 1863 |
Wilmington needed
flour that was stopped on the North Carolina RR
|
| Received complaint
about accounting for baled forage
|
| Received report of
commissary losses
|
| December 31, 1863 |
Wilmington &
Manchester RR completely out of coal
|
| Savannah, Albany
& Gulf RR wanted to know if a man is detailed
|
| Wilmington &
Weldon RR hoped locomotive had been ordered for them
|
| Major Winnemore was
informed that Sims decided between conflicting needs for trains, but
did not issue trains
|
| Received property
during the quarter
|
| Received rate
increase requests
|
| Received ideas for
cotton transportation
|
| New cotton
transportation rate
|
| Askd exemption for 2
RRs regarding Wilmington seizures
|
| January 1, 1864 |
Asked to hurry a
detail
|
| Informed that no
train from Wilmington had reached Weldon for 5 days
|
| Informed that 15
cars are needed immediately to carry hogs
|
| Received 2 ambulance
cars from Sharp
|
| Warned Whitfield of
coming large corn shipments
|
| Questioned about
losses during transportation
|
| Report in response to
QMGD circular letter of December 17 sent to him
|
| Received report of no
trains arriving at Gaston for several days
|
| Proposed reducing to
one passenger train daily
|
| January 2, 1864 |
Mobile & Ohio RR
pleaded for Mechanics
|
| Capt. Cuyler reported
that he would be in Charleston on January 4 & 5
|
| Savannah
correspondent asked if anything can be done
|
| Sims will modify the
rules regarding trains into Wilmington
|
| Answered detail
request
|
| Informed of shipment
of artillery out of Weldon
|
| Recommended driving
cattle to Army of Tennessee, rather than on trains
|
| Requested details
|
| January 4, 1864 |
North Carolina RR
responded they will ship the stores as fast as possible
|
| Capt. Sharp reported
the train will leave Columbia for Augusta as soon as locomotive is
repaired
|
| Recommended a rate
increase
|
| Received letter
recommending circular letter regarding RR losses
|
| Responded to South
Carolina RR requests for iron
|
| January 5, 1864 |
Drafted a bill to
organize a RR Bureau
|
| Wilmington &
Manchester RR wanted to use its trains for local freight
|
| Routing of salt
shipments
|
| Received report of
Richmond & Petersburg RR damage to pontoon boats
|
| Replied to Secretary
of War on locomotives for the Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Requested details
|
| January 6, 1864 |
South Carolina RR
about to resume freight shipments; some of Longstreet's command
leaving Augusta for Bristol
|
| Raleigh & Gaston
RR asked him to find out status of their request with Commissary
General
|
| Ownership of an
engine
|
| Errors in shipping
corn
|
| Gauge issue in cotton
shipping solution
|
| Asked opinion
regarding Wilmington & Weldon RR suggestions
|
| Asked for investigator
for losses
|
| Said new freight
system should be maintained
|
| Submited claims
|
| January 7, 1864 |
Received information
on wood supply for Virginia Central RR
|
| Discussed corn
shipments in North Carolina with Whitford
|
| Dealt with return of
a detailed man
|
| Instructed to provide
Capt Sims guidance on shipment priorities
|
| January 8, 1864 |
Arranged for rolling stock for
the Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Gave his views on
the appropriate powers for the Chief of Railroads
|
| Fifteen cars have
not arrived in Savannah; when can they be expected?
|
| North Carolina RR
will carry all the freight its equipment will allow
|
| Wilmington &
Manchester RR had a man to offer for a position in the RR Bureau
|
| Received request to
help private cotton get shipped to Wilmington
|
| Trouble on North
Eastern RR was the detention of trains in Wilmington
|
| Macon & Western
RR not interested
|
| An assistant
proposed for Sims
|
| North Carolina RR
reports the effect of stopping one passenger train
|
| Receives report on
corn shipment
|
| Requested conscripts
to support Virginia Central RR
|
| Asked labor to unload
foreign trains in Wilmington
|
| January 9, 1864 |
Was trying to get 150,000
bushels corn through South Carolina to Richmond each month
|
| Wrote regarding
change of track in Charleston
|
| What is the status
of my detail?
|
| Have 15 cars loaded
on your order
|
| Explained to
Quartermaster General why locomotive is going to the Piedmont RR
rather than to the Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| Wilmington &
Weldon RR declared their opposition to reducing passenger trains to
one each way
|
| Rate increase
requested
|
| Recommended change to
connector track in Charleston
|
| Received report of
meat loss
|
| January 11, 1864 |
Reported his
assignment and duties to QM General
|
| Drew office supplies
|
| Special Messenger
issue
|
| January 12, 1864 |
Asked to expedite a
detail
|
| Is Major Peters to
go to Mississippi?
|
| Informed that
Charlotte & South Carolina RR has sent toward Richmond no stores
for past 2 weeks
|
| Paid Petersburg
Iron Works for repairs to a locomotive
|
| Received information
about removing guard at Wilmington & Manchester RR depot in
Wilmington
|
| Requested details
|
| Forwarded report on
delay on Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| Rate increase
requested
|
| Received letter
regarding condition of Virginia Central RR
|
| January 13, 1864 |
Met President,
Raleigh & Gaston RR in Richmond
|
| Received report on
forage in Richmond
|
| Received request to
move location of auditing of Charlotte & South Carolina RR accounts
|
| Received request for
renewal of details
|
| January 14, 1864 |
Payment rates
|
| Asked Whitford about
corn from Charlotte
|
| Asked rate increase
for Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
|
| East Tennessee &
Georgia RR offered 4 trains to run from Alabama to Wilmington
|
| Received letter from
President South Carolina RR
|
| Requested detail
|
| Replied to complaint
against new transportation system
|
| Reported there are
ironworkers in the army needed by RRs
|
| Recommended Maj
Cameron audit Wilmington RRs
|
| Forwarded
Carrington's corn transportation requirement
|
| Received report of
cattle on a train
|
| January 15, 1863 |
Received request or
corn shipment
|
| January 16, 1864 |
Informed that the
required cotton was still in Augusta and was needed in Wilmington
|
| Requested to help
move freight at Weldon
|
| Wanted men detailed
to repair Richmond & Danville RR locomotives in order to haul wood
to Danville
|
| Requested detail
|
| Received report on
shipment from Charleston to Tunnel Hill, Ga.
|
| Reported on need to
box loose meat for shipment
|
| Received request for
guard for bacon on Virginia Central RR
|
| January 17, 1864 |
Offered Charleston
& Savannah RR the same rates as the Northeastern RR
|
| January 18, 1864 |
Arranged for the East Tennessee
& Virginia RR to be run by the Government through the
Superintendent of the Virginia & Tennessee RR
|
| Mentioned in disposition of a
locomotive
|
| January 19, 1864 |
Proposed plan for
dealing with missing goods on Petersburg RR
|
| Alabama &
Florida (of Alabama) RR will complete something this week, if
weather is good
|
| From Augusta, the
chartered trains have been slow to come in
|
| QM General forwarded
a Sims report to Lee regarding supplying Lee over the Virginia
Central RR
|
| Informed that
southwestern Georgia could not get enough cars to haul all the corn
available
|
| Received report of
loss of 133 bags of corn on a through train
|
| Received Manassas
Gap RR offer of rolling stock for Piedmont RR
|
| Questioned about
best way to ship powder
|
| January 20, 1864 |
Sold material to
Western North Carolina RR
|
| Requested Virginia
Central RR accept certain rate schedule
|
| Reported interference
of prisoner movement
|
| Received list of
auditors of RR accounts
|
| Received report of
Navy monopolizing transportation at Savannah
|
| Received report of
losses in Atlanta by RRs
|
| Recommended rate
increases
|
| January 21, 1864 |
Requested to give
special consideration to Mississippi, Gainesville & Tuscaloosa
RR
|
| Asked Whitford to
come to Richmond
|
| East Tennessee
& Georgia RR needed copper and car grease
|
| Informed Richmond &
Danville RR will accept his plan if the Government takes the risk
for the engine
|
| Asked QMG to increase
his authority in regard to details
|
| Reported that there
are no unused engines or cars at Atlanta
|
| Gave QMG a plan for
mechanics
|
| Quoted letter on
effect on RRs of new manpower law
|
| January 22, 1864 |
Superintendent,
Wilmington & Manchester RR
wanted to meet Sims in Richmond the 24th
|
| South Side RR problem
with Gen. Whiting forwarded to him
|
| Received question
about accounts of Wilmington RRs
|
| Asked for a rate
increase
|
| Responded to Richmond
& Danville RR special pleading regarding using a locomotive
|
| January 23, 1864 |
Problem with
Charleston & Savannah RR track in Charleston
|
| Informed of East
Tennessee & Georgia RR's plans
|
| Requested a rate
increase for the locomotive in use on the Petersburg government
track
|
| Received report on
damage to pontoons in Richmond & Petersburg RR warehouse
|
| Requested rent for
Petersburg track locomotive
|
| Received proposal
for use of foreign trains to move corn near Wilmington
|
| Received Richmond &
Danville RR complaint that he has not provided promised rolling
stock
|
| Received complaint
that South Western RR is not carrying Navy provisions
|
| Directed to report
on removing iron workers from military duty
|
| Received report on
gross negligence on Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| January 24, 1864 |
Raised rental fee
for the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR locomotive on the
Petersburg Government track
|
| January 25, 1864 |
Advised troops are
using all cars at Weldon
|
| January 26, 1864 |
Suggested that the
QM General did not understand the need for detailed men
|
| Macon & Western
RR with 2 names for details
|
| Status of a road
|
| Repair of the South
Side RR
|
| Requested a detail
|
| Asked to rule on
tickets not yet reimbursed
|
| Pointed out need for
details to cut wood and ties
|
| Received report of
shipment shortages
|
| Reported regarding
Navy need for coal shipment to Charleston
|
| January 27, 1864 |
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel, Quarter Master
Department, to rank from December 19, 1863, to report to the Quarter
Master General |
| January 27, 1864 |
Whitfield reported
that he was too busy with corn and troop movements to visit Sims now
|
| Secretary of War
recommended shipping improvements
|
| Made arrangements
for estimating and paying for construction in Montgomery
|
| Received request to
force South Carolina RR to ship lumber
|
| James Sims wrote a
letter asking for a job in transportation
|
| Received claim for
damage caused by Longstreet's troops
|
| January
28, 1864 |
Sold supplies to the
Charlotte & South Carolina RR
|
| Mobile & Ohio
RR asked that moulder be sent out
|
| Forwarded request
for a detail
|
| Received request for
rate increase
|
| January 29, 1864 |
Asked opinion on
North Carolina RR losses of freight
|
| Received questions
regarding receipting for freight
|
| January 30, 1864 |
Paid for Richmond
& Petersburg RR maintenance of Government track and locomotive
|
| Status at Raleigh
|
| Detailed men wanted
for Macon & Western RR
|
| Raleigh & Gaston
RR sent coffee to Petersburg days ago
|
| Sold material to
South Side RR
|
| Georgia RR asked for
men to provide wood
|
| Was given report on
Government freight, cars, &c at Weldon
|
| Recommended the
Secretary of War be given authority to remove an incompetent RR
Superintendent
|
| January 31, 1864 |
Can car of alcohol
pass Petersburg?
|
| Paid for Maj. Whitford keeping Goldsboro telegraph office open
|
| January ?, 1864 |
Took possession of
12 car wheels in Montgomery
|
| Bought a car from the
Alabama & Florida RR
|
| Mentioned special
clause in the rates for the Orange & Alexandria RR
|
| Bought 2 tyres for
Government locomotive
|
| February 1, 1864 |
Told Branch to use
his own judgment about shipping alcohol
|
| Hawkins wrote about
coffee train from Wilmington to Petersburg
|
| February 2, 1864 |
Northeastern RR
requested iron for track repairs
|
| Asked for General
Gilmer's recommendation
|
| Asked help getting a
special messenger forwarded
|
| Question about high
rates
|
| Passed new Cheraw &
Darlington RR rates to QMG for approval
|
| Forwarded request for
a detail
|
| Received and
forwarded complaints against Maj. Pierce in Raleigh
|
| Ordered to
arrangement movement of prisoners to Andersonville
|
| Recommended a man for
position of Military Store Keeper
|
| February
3, 1864 |
Requested to provide
detailed man for Georgia RR
|
| Forwarded request for
detail for South Carolina RR
|
| Requested to provide
coal for Georgia RR shops
|
| Requisitioned hose for
locomotive
|
| Approved detail of an
engineer for Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| Told Mobile &
Ohio RR that a desired moulder cannot cast
|
| Forwarded detail
requests for South Side RR
|
| February 4, 1864 |
Recommended seizing the iron and
rolling stock of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
|
| Purchased Manassas
Gap RR locomotive
|
| Sold supplies to the
Manassas Gap RR
|
| Told Petersburg RR
president that Raleigh & Gaston RR president could not come to
Richmond
|
| Ordered an engineer be
given a furlough until his status is resolved
|
| Reported that 4 men
have been detailed
|
| Dealt with a man
conscripted from the North Carolina RR
|
| Dealt with shipping
salt
|
| Asked North Carolina
RR if they have received the trains that Sims had told them about
|
| Was asked to authorize
the transfer of a locomotive
|
| February 5, 1864 |
Problems with
enrolling officers
|
| Cannot provide rails
for North Eastern RR
|
| Received report on
RR matters in eastern North Carolina
|
| Rates for the
Seaboard & Roanoke RR
|
| Ordered 20 cars turned
over to the Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Informed Montgomery
& West Point RR will accept hides in certain cases
|
| Asked QMG's advise
regarding problem with South Side RR Superintendent
|
| Maj. Smith reported
that Capt Sims had an important plan for supporting armies from
districts and he had submitted it to Maj. Sims
|
| February 6, 1864 |
Requisitioned 2 kegs
of spikes
|
| Told Whitford to
hold the troops and send the ordnance on
|
| Asked Petersburg RR if
Raleigh & Gaston RR can help temporarily
|
| Told Petersburg Iron
Works to send the bill in duplicate
|
| Discussed corn and
fodder transportation with Hottel
|
| Told Capt. Sims that
if the cotton shipment is refused, let Col. Sims know and he will
provide authority to force it
|
| Gen. Whiting stated
Sims was in control of Augusta RRs and they are devoted to cotton and
corn
|
| February 7, 1864 |
Manassas Gap RR
proposed contract for Government use of its trains
|
| February
8, 1864 |
Had not received the
promised annual reports
|
| Discussed Raleigh
& Gaston RR through train
|
| Asked President,
Raleigh & Gaston RR to meet him in Petersburg
|
| Suggested Whitford
meet him in Petersburg; explained that they are different from
regular Quartermasters
|
| Informed of losses
on South Carolina RR in December
|
| Informed of
detentions at Columbus Ga in January
|
| February
9, 1864 |
Informed Alabama &
Florida (of Alabama) RR that the order had been sent
|
| Pay the road for
building the connection
|
| QM General directed
Sims to deal directly with Bureau Chiefs
|
| Drew Gum Arabic
|
| Received a request
to allow a relief association car on Western & Atlantic RR passenger
trains
|
| Informed of new
rates for Seaboard & Roanoke RR
|
| February
10, 1864 |
|
|
| Requested Maj. Lee
join him to discuss repairs to some locomotives
|
| Promised to apply for
a detail if more info provided
|
| Informed RR official
in Atlanta refuses to sign for freight
|
| Responded to
recommendations regarding transporting subsistence from Georgia to
Richmond
|
| Reported on condition
of South Carolina RR
|
| Reported on fully
supplying of Johnston's army
|
| February 11, 1864 |
A report of his,
relating to the Western & Atlantic RR, was forwarded by the QM
General to the President
|
| Asked Sharp for his
last Annual Report and rates
|
| Discussed a
settlement with the Superintendent, South Carolina RR
|
| Report from Hottel
on moving cars from Mississippi through Mobile
|
| Directed Whitford to
transport wood to Charlotte
|
| Rate of payment for
moving troops referred to him
|
| Rate change for
Virginia & Tennessee RR requested
|
| Assisted getting
Goodwin appointed Superintendent, Virginia & Tennessee RR
|
| February 12, 1864 |
Probably made day
trip to Petersburg
|
| February 13, 1864 |
Made
recommendation regarding Charleston connection track
|
| Received Wilmington
& Weldon RR claim
|
| February 14, 1864 |
Ordered Capt. Cuyler
to resolve Columbus transportation issues
|
| Drew office supplies
|
| February 15, 1864 |
Requisitioned
lanterns for Military Railroads
|
| Was questioned about
the policy of the RRs paying for lost goods
|
| Received report of
box with only 7 pairs shoes in it
|
| Order regarding
shipping leather requested
|
| Requested a detail
for Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Reported encouraging
transportation news for Capt.s Sims and Cuyler
|
| February 16, 1864 |
Questioned about new
cars he has offered to sell to North Carolina RR
|
| Receiveed Richmond &
Danville RR request for 4 more locomotives
|
| Asked for protection
from impressment for certain workers
|
| Offered a plan to
increase iron production for the good of the RRs
|
| Requested order to
have separate orders issued when a train uses two companies' track
|
| Submited contract to
move rolling stock over Montgomery & West Point RR
|
| Requested Weldon QM
be ordered to build a warehouse at Gaston
|
| Asked for duplicate
receipts for Raleigh & Gaston RR
|
| Assault of Army
Captain on Wilmington & Weldon RR Engineer reported
|
| February 17, 1864 |
Told North Eastern
RR he has applied for a detailed man for them
|
| Was told about
several engines
|
| Received report of
shortage of cord wood transportation in Charlotte
|
| Asked Richmond &
Danville RR employees only be called out by special order
|
| Informed of
adjustment to charges for loss
|
| Requested a detail
|
| February 18, 1864 |
East Tennessee
& Georgia RR cotton shipment problems
|
| Reported South Side
RR rules for shipping hides
|
| Details requested
|
| February 19, 1864 |
Requested a detail
|
| February 21, 1864 |
Advised on the need for
blacksmiths and mechanics from the army
|
| Paid Agent
Robertson
|
| February 22, 1864 |
Responded to
complaints about RR transportation
|
| Advised that only 1 exempted man
per mile of railroad will not be enough
|
| Connection on Spring Street, Charleston
|
| Support the
Piedmont RR construction
|
| Received complaint
about QM in Raleigh in regard to corn transportation
|
| Requested orders for
cars in Mobile
|
| Proposed corn trade
|
| Requested details
|
| February 23, 1864 |
Pleaded for detailed men to open
car factory in Petersburg
|
| Asked to comment on
removing iron from the Kings Mountain RR
|
| Discussed shipping
cotton to Wilmington
|
| Informed of problem
with Georgia RR accepting freight
|
| Recommended details
|
| Asked exemption of
men whose tracks are in enemy hands
|
| February 24, 1864 |
Saw no solution to the
transportation problem
|
| Resolving issue with
Petersburg RR
|
| Told Mobile &
Ohio RR that General Maury's orders supersede Sims'
|
| Asked Capt. Sims about
trains and warned they may be seized
|
| Was asked to change
the distribution of some track
|
| Supported details to
improve transportation
|
| Wrote regarding
transportation of Federal prisoners
|
| Forwarded letter from
Petersburg Supply Association
|
| Asked Virginia Central
RR to receive same privileges as Richmond & Danville RR
when VC enters C. S. service
|
| February
25, 1864 |
Asked Branch how much
Piedmont RR iron is awaiting shipment on the South Side RR
|
| Notified 5 officers
that Richmond is getting no corn and asked what the problem was
|
| Received report of
detailed man not at his job
|
| Received report of
lack of space on North Carolina RR from Salisbury to Charlotte for
medical purposes
|
| Received letter
regarding transportation of English salt from Wilmington
|
| Informed of non
arrival of medical supplies in Montgomery
|
| February
26, 1864 |
Sold material to
the Raleigh & Gaston RR
|
| Sold materials to
the Virginia Central RR
|
| Reported he has made
application for a detail
|
| Ordered the corn
shipped immediately
|
| February 27, 1864 |
Recommended the Government own
200 cars
|
| February 28?, 1864 |
Approved bill for
rental of Manassas Gap RR locomotive and cars
|
| Received report on
coal in Alabama and Georgia
|
| February 29, 1864 |
Requested shovels
for Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| Endorsed Gen. Whiting's letter about slow speed of reinforcing Whiting.
|
| March 1, 1864 |
Recommended removing
the iron on the Mobile & Spring Hill RR
|
| Approved rental
bill for Manassas Gap RR rolling stock
|
| March 2, 1864 |
Reported on shortage
of cars for shipping cotton to Wilmington
|
| March 3, 1864 |
Informed that Capt.
Sims has had cotton turned over to him for transportation to
Wilmington
|
| Received letter
returned from Engineer Bureau regarding RR iron and Richmond &
Danville RR
|
| Submited his
official bond
|
| Asked for Western
North Carolina RR to be audited at different rate
|
| March 4, 1864 |
Requested approval
of a contract with the Norfolk & Petersburg RR
|
| Wrote endorsement
on Wilmington & Weldon RR request for iron
|
| March 5, 1864 |
Requested Secretary of War give
him a letter for his trip to North Carolina and meeting with
Governor Vance
|
| Georgia RR requested
help to keep its wood supply
|
| Surgeon General asked
Sims be ordered to provide certain transportation
|
| Requested details
for the Mobile & Great Northern RR
|
| March 6, 1864 |
Received a request
for information about RR employees forming a defense unit
|
| Virginia Central RR
asked for information on personnel to be exempted
|
| March 7, 1864 |
Western North
Carolina RR reported its condition
|
| Receiveed a report of
the rolling stock of the Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Drew a bookcase
|
| Requested a detail
for the Mobile & Great Northern RR
|
| Suggested new
prisoner exchange point
|
| March 8, 1864 |
Informed that the
North Carolina RR could take all the Charlotte & South Carolina RR
can deliver
|
| Was reported to be
able to explain the need to change the Charleston connection from a
turntable to a curve to Col. Rives
|
| Dodamead asked for details
|
| March 9, 1864 |
Richmond &
Petersburg RR asked for certain materials
|
| Drew 300 lbs sheet
iron
|
| Received report of
loss of fodder on Richmond & Danville RR
|
| March
10, 1864 |
RR Bureau officer
requested for Atlanta
|
| Received Raleigh &
Gaston RR request for transporting Roanoke Valley RR iron
|
| Informed of losses
on trains out of Richmond
|
| March 11, 1864 |
Provided 300 kegs of RR spikes
to Maj. Whitfield
|
| Contracted for
Western North Carolina RR to run a train on the North Carolina RR
from Salisbury to Greensboro
|
| March 14, 1864 |
Proposed a plan to
the President of the Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| Rebuilding bridges
|
| Asked for
permission to keep iron taken up on neutral ground in Mississippi
|
| Rate increase
returned to him
|
| Approved requests for
detailed men
|
| March 15, 1864 |
Began effort to make 225
cars
|
| Requested to
provide information regarding changing the gauge on the Montgomery
& West Point RR
|
| Sold material to
the Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| March 17, 1864 |
Received RR iron
from Commission
|
| Was in agreement in
plan to remove iron from a road
|
| Requested details
|
| March 18,
1864 |
Rejected rate hike
|
| Whitfield asked him to
pay for spikes and invoice him (see March 11, 1864)
|
| Requested 2 details
|
| March 19, 1864 |
Detailed men issues
|
| Received report on
the repair of the Mobile & Ohio RR
|
| Informed of lumber
transportation problem
|
| March 21, 1864 |
Got William Raoul
appointed Captain to aid Sims in the production of the 225 cars
|
| Asked why there was
no freight available for Richmond & Petersburg RR trains
|
| Robertson reported
on getting RRs to work together and on Manassas Gap RR building cars
for the Government
|
| Forwarded request for
a detail for the Alabama & Tennessee River RR
|
| Asked detail of men
to build government cars in Petersburg
|
| March 22, 1864 |
Received a call for
a railroad convention
|
| Received
recommendation to use seals on cars to prevent theft
|
| Requested detail
|
| Submited bill for
Special Notice ad
|
| March 23, 1864 |
Requested detail
|
| March 24,
1864 |
Was issued a drawing
set and paper
|
| Requested Charlotte
Naval Works make crank axles for 2 Richmond & Danville RR
locomotives
|
| Recommended a detail
for Western & Atlantic RR
|
| Received report
from Pugh
|
| Georgia RR wanted
employees exempted from militia drill
|
| March 26, 1864 |
Requested a detail
|
| Asked for
Transportation Dept. organization
|
| March 28, 1864 |
Sent telegram
regarding iron needed by Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| Sims asked to find a
job for the son in law of the President of the Wilmington &
Weldon RR
|
| Asked Engineer
Bureau to prepare replacement bridges
|
| Sold material to
the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
|
| Delt with detail of
a man
|
| Informed Charlotte &
South Carolina RR wanted an officer as their auditor
|
| Requested a detail
|
| Submitted a plan for
railroad management
|
| March 29, 1864 |
Dodamead responded to Sims'
request for help with the cars (perhaps referring to the March 15,
1864 effort)
|
| Rice asked help in
getting iron so that 70 to 100 cars can be built
|
| Recommended a detail
|
| Informed Macon RRs
provide transportation as needed
|
| Whiting recommended
moving effort from ironclad to RRs
|
| March 30, 1864 |
Several
Quartermasters were informed to suspend passenger trains when
Government freight waited to be carried. Reported to Sims daily of
freight laying over
|
| Abstract of articles
received during the quarter
|
| March 31, 1864 |
Charlotte Navy
Station said it had permission to build cars and asked permission to
salvage iron work from wrecked Government cars
|
| During the quarter,
sold a locomotive to Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Articles received
during the quarter
|
| List of property
received
|
| Was given condition
and requirements of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
|
| Recommended Wilmington
to Richmond RRs be placed under government control
|
| Asked for 3 details to
make cars
|
| In response to a Sims
letter, Whiting directed moving detailed men to Wilmington & Weldon
RR shops
|
| Asked suspension of
furloughs that burden transportation in Virginia, North & South
Carolina
|
| April 1, 1864 |
Accounted for all
articles expended, lost, destroyed, sold, etc at Raleigh under his
charge during the first quarter of 1864
|
| Reported on what was
necessary to make the railroads meet the needs of the government
|
| Requested details for
men to create the Deep River Iron Works
|
| Asked Georgia RR
shops be exempt from drill to repair stock of 2 refugee RRs
|
| April 2, 1864 |
Would arrange for
movement of iron removed from Roanoke Valley RR
|
| Georgia RR requested
coal to support several RRs
|
| Georgia RR requested
a man be detailed
|
| Recommended approval
of a detail for South Carolina RR
|
| Was given status of
corn shipments at Columbia
|
| Dispute with Orange
& Alexandria RR received
|
| Received claim for
medical supplies destroyed
|
| Received letter
regarding freight trains to Gordonsville from Richmond
|
| April 3, 1864 |
Mobile & Ohio RR
report on effect of Sherman's raid
|
| April 4, 1864 |
Received status
report of the Norfolk & Petersburg RR
|
| Hottel reported from
Atlanta regarding corn and car construction
|
| Requested details
|
| April 5, 1864 |
Requested a detail
|
| April 6, 1864 |
| Requested Richmond &
Petersburg RR determine if they would consent to the Government
taking over their road as part of a through road from Wilmington to
Richmond
|
| Concurred with
request of Chatham RR for purchase of Government rations
|
| Received report of
loss of grain between Marietta and Atlanta
|
| April 7, 1864 |
Requested permission
to move the connection between two Roads in Richmond
|
| A letter of his was
forwarded from Hottel to Col. Burton on this date
|
| Virginia Central RR
asked for exemption from QM General's order regarding losses
|
| Received comments on
detailing mechanics
|
| Received report that
Northeastern RR agent was refusing to accept government rice
|
| Requested details
|
| April 9,
1864 |
Recommended different
connection for roads in Richmond
|
| Requested a detail
|
| Requested assistance
in moving coal to Georgia RR
|
| Requested $125,000
for car construction
|
| April 10, 1864 |
Authorized to
arrange for special corn shipments
|
| April 14, 1864 |
Forwarded detail
request for South Carolina RR
|
| Reported to be on a
trip to improve transportation and Piedmont RR
|
| April 15, 1864 |
Paid expenses for
special agent for delivering spikes to Mobile
|
| Received
Conscription Bureau procedure
|
| Asked for
instructions regarding robberies and losses in Alabama
|
| Asked to find cars
for Richmond & Danville RR needs
|
| South Carolina RR
reported using 8 locomotives for freight
|
| April 16, 1864 |
Ordered to perfect
arrangements between Wilmington and Richmond as soon as possible
|
| Received report on
transportation in Mississippi
|
| Called for iron from
the field
|
| It was reported that
Sims would be in Charleston in a few days
|
| April 18, 1864 |
QM General approved
of his course in reference to cars and engines at Augusta
|
| Received request to
end details of 2 men on South Side RR
|
| April 19, 1864 |
QM General agreed to
impress right of way in Charleston, if necessary
|
| Gen. Lee discussed
Sims' report on details
|
| Received report of
corn shipment problems
|
| Requested details
|
| April 20, 1864 |
Got approval to pay
for the use of Manassas Gap train on North Carolina railroads, per
an agreement
|
| Kings Mountain RR
wanted removal of its iron stopped
|
| Informed a man wanted
a job if Government takes over RR
|
| Whitford wrote
regarding investigation of Fremont
|
| April 21, 1864 |
Grice reported
shortage of transportation to move meal
|
| Asked to give freight
cost on a bushel of corn from Albany to Lynchburg
|
| A Commissary Major's
telegram implies Sims was in Charleston, arranging for the shipment
of rice to Richmond
|
| April 22, 1864 |
Received request to
return a detailed man to his unit
|
| April 23, 1864 |
April 10 to April 23
took trip to Augusta
|
| Grice reported
shortage of transportation to move meal
|
| Requested car builder
to work at Tredegar on Government contract
|
| April 24, 1864 |
Informed of
machinist problems in Wilmington
|
| April 25, 1864 |
Mobile & Ohio RR
requested assistance with funds
|
| Richmond &
Petersburg RR reported its usage for the past month
|
| Received
recommendation to settle all RR accounts at one location
|
| Received report on
fault regarding destruction of medical supplies
|
| April 26, 1864 |
Requested
Quartermaster General detail a carpenter to the Alabama &
Tennessee River RR
|
| Asked for details
|
| Asked for Macon rates
for Richmond & Danville RR
|
| April 27, 1864 |
Rates for shipping
cotton to Wilmington
|
| Informed of need for
a warehouse at Weldon
|
| Asked details of men
|
| Informed QMG that
sufficient East Tennessee & Virginia RR rolling stock could be rented
by Richmond & Danville RR
|
| April 28, 1864 |
Approved rate
increase for East Tennessee & Virginia RR
|
| Forwarded request for
a detail to South Carolina RR
|
| Reported to QMG the
amount of corn shipped from Charlotte
|
| Received Navy
request to return a detailed man
|
| April 29, 1864 |
Telegramed Secretary
of War about the need for iron on the Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| Received request to
build a warehouse in Raleigh
|
| April 30, 1864 |
Paid for RR Bureau
Agent in Columbia, S. C.
|
| Requested
Quartermaster General detail a carpenter to a car works in
Petersburg
|
| May 1, 1864 |
Paid for Dodamead
assisting on the East Tennessee & Virginia RR
|
| Maj. Smith claimed
Capt. Sims and Col. Sims are brothers
|
| May 2, 1864 |
Asked full rates for
Northeastern RR when running on Wilmington & Manchester RR tracks
|
| May 3, 1864 |
Received report that
Western & Atlantic RR was changing Bills of Lading
|
| Questioned about
adjustments to RR claims
|
| May 4, 1864 |
QM General asked Genl.
Cooper to order Whitfield to report to Sims
|
| May 5, 1864 |
Asked to provide
transportation for State of Alabama goods from Wilmington to Alabama
|
| May 6, 1864 |
Georgia RR provided
list of employees
|
| May 9, 1864 |
Approved rate
increase for Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
|
| Paid for special
messenger who had delivered RR spikes to Mobile
|
| Forwarded requests for
details
|
| May 12, 1864 |
Asked to allow loan
of money to repair locomotives (Navy-related)
|
| Contract for
Manassas Gap RR to work on the Piedmont RR
|
| May 14, 1864 |
Commented on letter
regarding RR labor
|
| May 16, 1864 |
Maj. Whitfield ordered to report
to Sims as Military Superintendent controlling all rail and water
transportation west of the Alabama River
|
| May 17, 1864 |
Requested detail of
a man
|
| May 18, 1864 |
Capt. Robinson
ordered by AIG to report to QM General to provide general RR
supervision between Richmond and Wilmington
|
| May 19, 1864 |
Requested Western &
Atlantic RR be allowed to bring supplies for itself from Mississippi
|
| May 20, 1864 |
Recommended more
hands to repair the Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Was informed that a
train was available for rent
|
| Asked for interest
on bills of Northeastern RR
|
| Informed he can
resume some passenger travel
|
| May 21, 1864 |
Concured in
recommendation that James Wheless be made Transportation Agent at
Kingsville, S. C.
|
| Mobile & Ohio
RR requested Sims return all the Road's cars that have been removed
to other roads
|
| Reported new
convention rates
|
| Adviseed on
Wilmington & Manchester RR rate dispute
|
| May 23, 1864 |
Rail Road Bureau
transfered a Government Box Car to the Charlotte Naval Station
|
| Received freight
question from South Carolina RR
|
| Received report on
Charleston connector track
|
| Rate increase
approved for South Carolina RR
|
| May 24, 1864 |
Received request for
more cars for corn on South Western RR
|
| Told to write
instructions regarding repairs to cars damaged during troop
movements
|
| Requested approval of
rates from Charleston
|
| Requested a man be
appointed regarding friends' supplies to soldiers
|
| Requested details
|
| May 25, 1864 |
Was asked to get 2
men released from militia duty in Petersburg so that cars could be
made
|
| Requested details
|
| May 26, 1864 |
Whitfield would be
assigned to Sims for assignment as superintending Government
transportation west of the Alabama River
|
| Asked QMG for teams
to haul wood for Richmond & Danville RR
|
| May 27, 1864 |
Asked to clarify
passport rules
|
| May 29, 1864 |
His proposal to not
pay freight on empty cars was approved
|
| May 30, 1864 |
Increased
Richmond & Danville RR rates
|
| Recommended detail
for Alabama & Tennessee River RR
|
| Received report of
defective transportation on Richmond & Danville RR
|
| May 31, 1864 |
Approved rates for
Southern Express charges
|
| Requested a detail
|
| May ?, 1864 |
Thomas Dodamead, Supt. of the
Virginia & Tennessee RR, offered to be Sims' assistant if the
roads south of Richmond are consolidated.
|
| June 1,
1864 |
Submits employee
lists for 2 RRs
|
| Requests details
|
| Asks for increased
rates for Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| June 2, 1864 |
Recommends retaining
the Richmond & York River RR contract
|
| Receives complaint
regarding Richmond & Danville RR handling of Government supplies
|
| Offers solution to
accounting and paying for prisoner trains
|
| Requests fund to pay
East Tennessee & Virginia RR employees
|
| Requests that the called up
Tredegar Battalion be returned to the shops
|
| June 4, 1864 |
Grice ask for
instructions in a particular case
|
| Receives
recommendation regarding losses on Richmond to Wilmington route
|
| Reports case of one
locomotive being ordered to carry one sack of corn seven miles
|
| Requests detail
|
| June 6, 1864 |
Received request to
extend Details
|
| President of
Richmond & Danville RR requested a letter from him regarding a
contract (probably the lease of 6 locomotives from the East
Tennessee & Virginia RR)
|
| Reports a bridge
guard that has not been relieved on time
|
| Requested a detail
|
| June 7, 1864 |
Approves continued
rates for Seaboard & Roanoke RR
|
| Requested to
provide an interview regarding a detail
|
| Advised of shortage
of cotton transportation to Wilmington
|
| June 9, 1864 |
Tries to get Navy
assistance in repairing locomotives
|
| June 11, 1864 |
Informed of Seaboard
& Roanoke RR refusing freight without risk statements
|
| June 13, 1864 |
Informed of
restrictions slowing South Carolina RR operations
|
| June 15, 1864 |
Rate question
referred to him
|
| Paying accounts from
Atlanta referred to him
|
| Receives request for
corn shipment
|
| Receives report of
May traffic on Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| June 16, 1864 |
June 13 to June 16
took trip to Danville
|
| Receives report of
tithe cotton saved in Georgia
|
| Responds to
Wilmington & Weldon RR dislike of Navy at Charlotte working on 2
locomotives
|
| Receives plea for
help transporting food to needy of Virginia
|
| Told to arrange
transporting cotton to Charleston as soon as possible
|
| June 17, 1864 |
Provides solution to
weight issue
|
| Approved payment for
10 new box cars
|
| June 18, 1864 |
Reports on
compromise
|
| June 20, 1864 |
Paid for repairs to
a locomotive
|
| Receives reply from
Richmond & Danville RR regarding wood supplies
|
| June 21, 1864 |
Purchases a
locomotive
|
| Reports on
disposition of Maj Hottel
|
| Forwards request for
a detail extension
|
| Forwards detail
request (estimated date)
|
| June 22, 1864 |
Requested to provide
cotton shipment to Charleston for yarn
|
| Recommends rate
increase for Western RR of North Carolina
|
| June 23, 1864 |
Responds to request
for details
|
| Informed of request
to stop passenger trains on Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Recommends a man for
post QM
|
| Asks lost detail
order be reissued
|
| Sells stamps to
Bureau office
|
| June 24,
1864 |
Asks detail of four
men
|
| Recommends
different connection location in Richmond
|
| Supported in plan
to impress Eastern Division of Wilmington, Charlotte &
Rutherford RR
|
| Receives question
regarding giving soldiers the shortest route by RR
|
| June 25, 1864 |
Wants to pay
Southern Express Co. for Relief Association shipments
|
| June 27, 1864 |
Requested Secretary of War to
pass the wife of a friend through the lines
|
| Joins others in
asking for hands from Richmond defences to aid in repairing the
Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Asked if he can
provide mechanics for Navy at Charlotte to work on Wilmington &
Weldon RR locomotives
|
| June 28, 1864 |
QM General reports
that Sims has told him there are no locomotives in North Carolina
that can be spared for the Atlanta & West Point RR
|
| Told to set a
Government rate with Express Co.
|
| Receives request for
details
|
| Requested John D.
Gray make a survey of Alabama iron facilities available to support
the production of iron items for RR rolling stock
|
| June 30, 1864 |
Paid for messenger
for the RR Bureau office in Richmond
|
| Expenditures for
previous quarter
|
| Recommended special
handling of June 1864 Virginia & Tennessee RR accounts
|
| July 1, 1864 |
Pays a Bureau Agent
for 3+ months in North Carolina
|
| July 4, 1864 |
Is informed that the
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR is assisting the North
Carolina RR and the reverse, too
|
| July 5, 1864 |
Requests 50%
increase in rates for the Richmond & Danville RR & the
Piedmont RR
|
| Recommends a detail
|
| Receives a request
for detail
|
| Major Whitfield
reports for duty under Sims
|
| July 7, 1864 |
Reports delay in
building 225 cars
|
| July 8, 1864 |
Increases the rates
for the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
|
| July 11, 1864 |
Forwards Sharp's
dispatches regarding removing Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio RR iron
|
| July 12, 1864 |
Informed of iron
available for recovery in northern Virginia
|
| July 14, 1864 |
Georgia RR writes
that it cannot continue operations unless the Government pays its
bill
|
| July 15, 1864 |
Receives Capt.
Bright's claim against Mobile & Great Northern RR
|
| Requests detail for
Capt. Sims
|
| Provides plan to
deal with missing Western & Atlantic RR cars
|
| Asks for $300,000
for building cars
|
| Asks for travel
expenses for his Bureau officers
|
| July 16, 1864 |
Asked for copy of
orders assigning John D. Whitford to the Atlantic & North
Carolina RR
|
| Signed over a
camelback locomotive and tender to the Navy for use in an ironclad
|
| Received report on
Alabama iron for RR car building uses
|
| July 18, 1864 |
Cotton shipment rates set by
Sims
|
| Coordinates
ambulance trains on the Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Requested to assist
in providing priority transportation for Greenville & Columbia
RR spikes
|
| Responds to claim
that the only risk in using flats for corn was the weather
|
| Asked to have a man
pay 2 Alabama RR accounts
|
| July 19, 1864 |
Approved ambulance
train bill
|
| Asked to send to
Selma the accounts of RRs terminating there
|
| Request for auditor
for Muscogee RR
|
| Reports 10 cars
completed and headed to Greensboro
|
| Approves request for
a detail
|
| July 20, 1864 |
Whitfield reports
Mobile & Ohio RR has been destroyed and he is starting repairs
|
| Investigates loss of
freight
|
| July 21, 1864 |
Paid Robertson for
service on North Carolina railroads
|
| July 22, 1864 |
Receives report of
freight receipt issues in Alabama
|
| Receives report on
loss of 1200 bales of cotton to review and report
|
| Receives notice of
new South Side RR regulations
|
| July 23, 1864 |
Requests tools for
South Side RR
|
| Requested a detail
|
| Is asked to provide
a copy of the ambulance train agreement to an auditor
|
| July 25, 1864 |
Receives report
from Kingsville, S. C. Transportation Agent
|
| Mobile & Ohio
RR requests Major LeBaron be retained as auditor
|
| Recommends rate
increase for Orange & Alexandria RR and East Tennessee & Georgia RR
|
| Requests a detail
|
| July 21, 1864 |
Asked about using
Yankee deserters in RR shops
|
| July 27, 1864 |
Western North
Carolina RR writes asking for higher rates
|
| Asked how many cars
should be permitted for the Southern Express Company
|
| July 29, 1864 |
Is quoted as having
set freight rate for cotton shipped to Wilmington
|
| July 30, 1864 |
Informed by
Whitfield when the Mobile & Ohio RR would be repaired
|
| July 31, 1864 |
Pays for rental of rolling stock
and use of Ambulance train
|
| August 1, 1864 |
Paid for repairs to
2 Atlantic & Gulf RR locomotives
|
| Paid Richmond &
Petersburg RR for purchase of locomotive and tender
|
| Hottel reports on
clearing Atlanta and repairing Montgomery & West Point RR
|
| August 2, 1864 |
Asked about use of
Seaboard & Roanoke RR
|
| August 3, 1864 |
Ordered to give
immediate assistance to Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| August 4, 1864 |
Instructions of his
questioned
|
| August 6, 1864 |
Paid for repairs to
a box car
|
| Receives request for
details
|
| August 8, 1864 |
Received 12 Box cars
|
| August 9, 1864 |
Can the captured
turn table be given to the Orange & Alexandria RR?
|
| August 10, 1864 |
Bought right of way
for a connection in Montgomery, Ala. and completed it
|
| Received report of
private freight being sent ahead of government freight
|
| Peanut loss during
shipment referred to him
|
| Receives request for
detail
|
| Receives and responds
to freight proposals of C. O. Sanford
|
| August 11, 1864 |
Gray reports on
Alabama support for making RR iron products
|
| Was called on to
help ship commissary supplies
|
| Told to examine the
estimate of value of a boiler about to be purchased by the
Government
|
| August 12, 1864 |
Paid for repairs by
the Manassas Gap RR to a Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
locomotive
|
| August 16, 1864 |
Reports on the
effect of reducing the number of men per railroad
|
| Submits terms for
Alabama & Florida (of Alabama) RR to operate Government track in
Montgomery
|
| Asks for all RR
accounts east of Alabama to be audited in Richmond
|
| Recommends rate
increase for Virginia Central RR
|
| Notifies QMG of
proposed mode of settling claims on the Piedmont RR
|
| Requests North
Carolina RR be allowed more employees than allowed by law
|
| Proposes sending 50
bales cotton through the lines to support Mississippi Central RR
|
| August 17, 1864 |
Paid for cars
castings and cars
|
| Paid for repairs to 2
locomotives
|
| August 18, 1864 |
Forwarded requests for
details
|
| August 19, 1864 |
Recommends details
|
| August 20, 1864 |
Mobile & Ohio RR
requests more mechanics
|
| Receives report that
corn shipments are not following Wood's plan
|
| Requests details
|
| Requests 500 tons
nails and spikes for Georgia RR
|
| Forwards report on
liabilities of Southern (of Mississippi) RR
|
| August 22, 1864 |
Purchased 180 lbs
waste
|
| Freight rate of
cotton shipments of this date had been set by Sims
|
| Purchased right of
way in Montgomery
|
| August 25, 1864 |
Recommends approval
of Whitfield's request for permanent assignment of AQM
|
| Refunds to the
Relief Association
|
| Asks for increase
in Greenville & Columbia RR rates
|
| Receives claim
against North Carolina RR for losses
|
| Fleming writes asking
for increased rates for Mobile & Ohio RR
|
| August 26, 1864 |
Approves Virginia
& Tennessee RR bill
|
| August 28, 1864 |
Receives Secretary of
War's detail refusal
|
| August 29, 1864 |
Directs payment of
Manassas Gap RR at Columbia Rates (1/2 to train & 1/2 to track)
|
| Reviews freight
rates in contract
|
| Supports Manassas Gap
RR's request for details to repair Piedmont RR rolling stock
|
| Reported to have
assisted with cotton shipment problem
|
| August 30, 1864 |
Recommends a detail
extension
|
| August 31, 1864 |
Paid for Agent in
Columbia, S. C.
|
| Atlantic & Gulf
RR Superintendent asks for assistance
|
| Asks for renewal of
11 details for Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| Asks new detail for
2 men to Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
|
September 1, 1864 |
Asks that Dodamead
be appointed RR Bureau Agent
|
| Asked rate increase
for Western North Carolina RR
|
| September 2, 1864 |
Shipping at
Government risk
|
| Proposes care for
sick and wounded soldiers on trains
|
| September 3, 1864 |
His suggestions
regarding care of sick and wounded is approved
|
| September 5, 1864 |
Mobile & Ohio
RR comments on new RR Bureau organization
|
| Gets contract with
Richmond & Petersburg RR approved
|
| September 6, 1864 |
Attempted to call a convention
of Virginia RRs
|
|
September 7, 1864 |
Forwards request for
space for the Navy on East Tennessee & Georgia RR trains
|
| Returns report
concerning Mobile & Ohio RR
|
| September 9, 1864 |
Paid for renewing RR
Bureau office
|
| Informed of
difficulty loading corn on Sundays
|
| Informed bolts may
be used from a destroyed bridge
|
| September 10, 1864 |
Receives rates for
Southern (of Mississippi) RR
|
| Requests renewal of
details of Wilmington & Manchester RR machinists
|
| QM at Weldon must
weigh articles
|
| September 11, 1864 |
Ordered to correct
problems shipping supplies from Greensboro to Tredegar IW
|
| September 12, 1864 |
Questioned regarding
shipping leather
|
| Detail renewals
requested by Charleston & Savannah RR
|
| September 14, 1864 |
Receives report on
repairs on Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| Told to inform the
rates to be paid the Pensacola & Georgia RR
|
| Receives detail
renewal requests from Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Was in Danville
|
| September 15, 1864 |
Urgent request for
shovels for Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| September 16, 1864 |
Involved in
determining who should pay for the recent repairs to the Mobile
& Ohio RR
|
| Instructed Sharp to
run QM transportation business in western South Carolina
|
| Asked to order Capt
Sims to ship cotton
|
| September 17, 1864 |
Had just returned
from a trip to Danville
|
| Trying to find flats
for cotton and means to ship vegetables for Gov. Vance
|
| Requests $300,000 to
build cars
|
| Asks approval of new
rates for East Tennessee & Virginia RR
|
| Forwards a request
for detail
|
| September 18, 1864 |
Resolving bill of
lading issue on the North Carolina RR
|
| Virginia Central RR
Superintendent tries to convince Sims to call a Virginia RR
convention
|
| September 19, 1864 |
Georgia RR reports
how it is allocating trains
|
| Can get flats for
Engineer Bureau, but needs 20 hands to move them
|
| Requests Gray be
assigned to him
|
| Informed that 140
barrels meal failed to reach Bristol
|
| September 20, 1864 |
Recommends a detail
|
| Attempted to make
locomotive tires
|
| Requested to provide
the detail of a wounded soldier
|
| Whitfield reports
on his experiences working with the Superintendent of the Wilmington
& Weldon RR
|
| September 21, 1864 |
Requested to help Roads buy food
|
| September 22, 1864 |
Reports seizing
trains and wants permission to do so in the future
|
| September 23, 1864 |
His impressment of
a train at Danville is approved and he is given authority to impress
trains whenever he sees the need
|
| Advised that
Piedmont and Richmond & Danville RRs cannot move supplies out of
Greensboro as fast as they arrive
|
| Discusses
impressment of RR depot at Danville
|
|
September 24, 1864 |
Recommends
impressing trains carrying private freight
|
| Receives letter from
Gray and proposal from Lowe to make iron work for cars
|
| September 26, 1864 |
Requests a detail
for Montgomery & West Point RR
|
| September 27, 1864 |
Requests $100,000 to
pay advances for iron work for cars
|
| September 28, 1864 |
Atlantic & Gulf RR
asks for help with food
|
| September 29, 1864 |
Informs Whitford
that the Treasury Secretary is paying the railroads as fast as he can
|
| Attends convention
of Virginia RR companies in Richmond
|
| Asks Engineer
Bureau for carpenters to repair canal bridge
|
| September 30, 1864 |
Received rent for
use of 2 locomotives
|
| Mississippi &
Tennessee RR asks rate adjustment
|
| Cheraw & Darlington
RR rate increase
|
| Sold 2 locomotives,
3 cars and other goods to the Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Hired cars from the
Macon & Brunswick RR
|
| Was reported to have
paid for car locks
|
| Requests
impressment be used at Danville to furnish labor for transshipment
|
| October 1, 1864 |
Cotton to Richmond problem given
to him
|
| October 4, 1864 |
Asked if shortage
of water at Greensboro can be resolved
|
| Need transportation
of coal from Coalfield to Danville
|
| October 5, 1864 |
Receives request to
transport fire bricks
|
| Attends second
session of Virginia RR convention
|
| October 6, 1864 |
By this date,
locomotive Black Dwarf had been shifted from the Piedmont RR to the
Navy at Columbus, Ga. for use by the Navy moving coal
|
| Informed his plan
for impressment at Danville is approved
|
| Asks for peanuts to
make RR oil
|
| October 7, 1864 |
Moving iron on the
Virginia Central RR
|
| Before this date,
Sims had filed charges against Superintendent of Wilmington & Weldon
RR
|
| Asks rate increase
for Atlantic & Gulf RR
|
| October 8, 1864 |
Richmond &
Petersburg RR requests help getting a man detailed
|
| October
10, 1864 |
Requested to create
a detail to survey loss of stores in Greensboro in transshipment
|
| States ambulance
train is under the control of the surgeon in charge in regard to
passengers
|
| October 11, 1864 |
Offered new cars to the North
Carolina RR
|
| Regards auditing
Alabama RR accounts
|
| Receives report of
detailed men at Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Gray reports for
duty with him
|
| October 12, 1864 |
QM Genl assigns him
to work out inbound transportation for Tredegar supplies
|
| Receives report of
problem with transportation agent at Charlotte
|
| Mentioned regarding
heavy iron for Richmond & Danville RR
|
| October 13, 1864 |
Receives
recommendation that Sharp settle the accounts of Greenville &
Columbia RR
|
| October 14, 1864 |
Made contract with
Seaboard & Roanoke RR for use of bridge
|
| QMG says he is en
route to Macon
|
| October 15, 1864 |
Maj. Smith reports
iron required for an Alabama road is available, but Sims disagrees
|
| Forwards letter
regarding payment of Southern (of Mississippi) RR
|
| October 17, 1864 |
Is assigned forage
case at Staunton
|
| October 18, 1864 |
Peters reports on
repairing railroads
|
| October 22, 1864 |
Accompanied Majors
Smith and Hottel from Columbus to Montgomery
|
| October 27, 1864 |
Was offered plan to
build 100-500 RR cars
|
| Ordered to improve
the forwarding of supplies from Montgomery while he is there
|
| His arrangement
with the Norfolk & Petersburg RR had been misunderstood
|
| Savannah RRs
refusal to sign for weight of cars referred to him
|
| October 28, 1864 |
Notified that
Georgia RRs not complying with letter regarding receiving supplies
|
| October 29, 1864 |
Quoted by Major
Smith to be providing 2 locomotives to Montgomery & West Point RR
|
| November 1, 1864 |
Requested to
explain problem shipping yarn
|
| November 3, 1864 |
Told to arrange
wood for Charlottesville
|
| November 5, 1864 |
Requested to adjust
the rates for wood on the Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| November 9, 1864 |
Asked to justify
transporting cattle by RR to Savannah
|
| November 10, 1864 |
Auditing accounts
in Richmond
|
| November 11, 1864 |
Receives extract
from Lee regarding Greensboro RR system
|
| Responds to request
for the provision of shelter for troops detained on the Piedmont RR
|
| November 12, 1864 |
Ordered to track
shipments from Charlotte to Danville
|
| November 14, 1864 |
Received 2 Box car
bodies
|
| Receives Inspection
Report of Columbia SC
|
| November 15, 1864 |
Asks Peters for
clarification of claim for repairs on the Mobile & Ohio RR
|
| Recommends selling
a locomotive to Richmond & Danville RR at cost
|
| Recommends law
regarding RR management
|
| November 17, 1864 |
Is ordered to
resolve shipping to way stations on Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Recommends a Post
QM be informed that mail trains on Virginia Central RR had been
seized to meet a requirement by Gen. Lee
|
| November 18, 1864 |
Reported to have
promised a locomotive to the Navy in Selma
|
| Supports detail of
group of men for South Carolina RR
|
| Instructed to
provide shelter for detained troops at terminus of Piedmont RR
|
| November 19, 1864 |
Receives Sharp's
letter regarding Bills of lading and new agents
|
| Receives request to
forward RR iron at Gordonsville for use on Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Told to investigate
supplies for clerks
|
| Informs QMG of
issue of condition of cars used for the sick
|
| Reports regarding
compensation for one road when trains of another use its track
|
| Receives report of
charging practice of Richmond & Danville RR regarding foreign trains
|
| Receives report of
freight detention on Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Petersburg RR has
issue with shipping corn on the ear
|
| Recommends a detail
|
| Rate change
requested
|
| November 21, 1864 |
Pays Agent
Robertson
|
| Asks for details
for contractor making iron work for 200 cars
|
| Asked if Maj.
Goodwin is best employed where he is
|
| Recommends removing
Petersburg RR track in place of Raleigh & Gaston RR track
|
| Requests assignment
of Capt. J. T. Brown as officer in charge of wagon and railroad
transportation in Macon
|
| Asks to purchase a
locomotive for Government track
|
| Pays for 21 tons of
car castings
|
| Asked to review
Virginia Central RR wood contract
|
| November 22, 1864 |
Instructed to make
corn the priority when RRs restored to Montgomery
|
| Recommends a detail
|
| Responds to Col.
McLeans' inspection
|
| November 23, 1864 |
Recommends approval
of a detail
|
Tries to contract
or impress a locomotive
| NA, SWR
11-23-64 |
| NA, SWR
11-25-64 |
| NA, SWR
11-25A-64 |
| NA, SWR
11-26A-64 |
| NA, SWR
11-28A-64 |
| NA, SWR
11-29A-64 |
| NA, SWR
11-30-64 |
| NA, SWR
11-30A-64 |
| NA, SWR
12-3A-64 |
| NA, SWR
12-8-64 |
| NA, SWR
12-8A-64 |
| NA, SWR
12-10-64 |
| NA, SWR
12-11-64 |
| NA, SWR
12-13-64 |
|
| November 24, 1864 |
Confirms the value
of having John W. Goodwin as Superintendent of Virginia &
Tennessee RR
|
| Asked status of
iron being removed from Gordonsville
|
| November 25, 1864 |
Gives views on use
of rails taken up
|
| November 26, 1864 |
Instructed
President of Petersburg RR to apply for detail of men needed to
repair locomotives and cars
|
| Asks Goforth for
information on a detail request
|
| November 29, 1864 |
Was informed that
two locomotives for the Piedmont RR were being prepared in Petersburg
|
| Refusal to ship to
way stations referred to him
|
| Discusses Maj.
Whitfield's duties with Engineer Bureau
|
| Directed to confer
regarding Virginia Central RR wood contract offer
|
| November 30, 1864 |
Ordered to
implement his and Raleigh & Gaston RR plan regarding private freight
shipments
|
| Regarding shipping
cotton not in good order
|
| Requests approval
of Virginia Central RR claim
|
| Suggests solution
to Richmond & Petersburg RR problems
|
| Recommends building
a shed for soldiers at Greensboro
|
| Handles account
charge question from Wheless
|
| October 1863 through
November 30, 1864 |
Paid for messenger
for RR Bureau office
|
| December 1, 1864 |
Asked to furnish
transportation to move naval stores from Augusta to Fayetteville
|
| December 2, 1864 |
Received letter
about interference with Piedmont RR train at Greensboro
|
| December 3, 1864 |
Paid Gray for buying
office supplies
|
| December 5, 1864 |
Received report on
status of Piedmont RR from its President and reported to the
Quartermaster General
|
| Made suggestion on
rates paid to RRs
|
| December 6, 1864 |
Asked for
instructions on shipping salt
|
| Made suggestions
regarding weighing goods and loss prevention at Danville
|
| December 7, 1864 |
Ordered to reply to
question about auditing and paying a Road
|
| Report on detention
of troop movement from Richmond to Greensboro
|
| December
8, 1864 |
Asked to keep
telegraph station open for Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Asked for a detail
man
|
| December 9, 1864 |
Asked to pay for
land for connection in Montgomery
|
| Provided immediate
transportation for ammunition
|
| December 10, 1864 |
Whitfield reported
his actions in the far west and recommended creation of RR repair
force
|
| Recommended a rate
increase
|
| Wilmington &
Manchester RR wrote for 2 men to be detailed
|
| December 11, 1864 |
Asked Lt. Genl.
Taylor to trade cotton for certain RR supplies
|
| December 12, 1864 |
Directed by QMG to
provide transportation for supplies to Petersburg
|
| December 13, 1864 |
Hasell wrote
regarding a Congressional bill regarding the railroads
|
| Borrowed tools by
Virginia Central RR
|
| December 14, 1864 |
Hawkins wrote about
rates for foreign trains
|
| December 15, 1864 |
Was offered a plan to
use prisoners to repair locomotives
|
| Draft plan regarding
management of RR transportation
|
| Whitford introduced
an Agent
|
| December 16, 1864 |
Informed
Quartermaster General that he expected no improvement of Piedmont RR
from the company and wondered whether it would be better for the
government to control the Road
|
| Selma Iron Works
wrote regarding car-building contract
|
| Informed of
Tredegar's thoughts on sending spike machine to Alabama
|
| Told Engineer
Bureau that the delay in moving rails was caused by troop movement
|
| December 17, 1864 |
Received Sharp's
request for a foreign train at Columbia
|
| Received Mayo's
report regarding shipments from Richmond
|
| December 20, 1864 |
Peters wrote about
paying for rebuild the Mobile & Ohio RR and the impact on him
|
| Informed a RR agent
will not receive Government freight by either weight or measurement
|
| December 21, 1864 |
Informed that
locomotive Mars is idle
|
| December 22, 1864 |
Will assist in
shipping a spike machine to Alabama
|
| December 23, 1864 |
Investigated bacon
shipment
|
| December 24, 1864 |
Provided suggestion
to protect cotton at Montgomery
|
| December 26, 1864 |
His duties
promulgated by Quartermaster General and approved by Secretary of
War
|
| December 27, 1864 |
Major Smith asked for
help in RR Auditing Office
|
| Asked QMG to allow
Sharp to write off 112 cars
|
| Asked permission to
build cars
|
| December 28, 1864 |
Ordered to report on
causes of recent troop movement delays
|
| December 29, 1864 |
Asked for renewal of
detail of a conscript
|
| Received request for
another detailed man
|
| Approved Nalle to
be a Bonded Agent
|
| December 30, 1864 |
Accepted
recommendation regarding transferring stores in Charlotte
|
| Passed on order
regarding paying transportation accounts
|
| Wilmington & Weldon
RR requested rate increase
|
| December 31, 1864 |
Documented
government track in Augusta
|
| Paid for car
castings
|
| Received thoughts
from Wilmington & Weldon RR regarding shipping troops to
Wilmington
|
| Dealt with
increasing railroad rates
|
| Recorded removal of 2
city connecting tracks
|
| Paid his own postage
bill
|
| Sent dispatch that
had impact on shipment of clothing to Richmond
|
| Recommended a QM be
sent to Atlanta to receive supplies and build warehouses
|
| Report of supplies
left on platform, not placed in warehouse
|
| Unknown, 1864 |
Replied to Orange
& Alexandria RR request for special charges for retained cars
|
| January to December 31, 1864 |
At Richmond, signing as Lt. Col. & Q. M. |
| January 2, 1865 |
Requested to raise
the rate for the Northeastern RR
|
| Requested 3 men to
work on a locomotive for the Piedmont RR
|
| Report on saving
rolling stock
|
| Virginia &
Tennessee RR rates
|
| Proposed sharing
cars between South Side RR and Richmond & Danville RR
|
| Replied to Waller's
comments on a Sims plan
|
| Passed Quartermaster
General's request for answer to inquiry
|
| January 3, 1865 |
Status of the
Piedmont RR
|
| January 4, 1865 |
Left Richmond with powers to act
for the Government in all matters relating to the Piedmont RR
|
| January 5, 1865 |
Ordered Capt. Cuyler
to Richmond for discussion of construction in Columbus
|
| Refused Major
Whitfield's request to establish a RR repair unit
|
| Acknowledged Meriwether's sale of a locomotive
|
| Left for
Greensboro
|
| January 6, 1865 |
Asked who the
Department should pay for the South Carolina RR's Charleston
turntable
|
| Discussed leasing
or impressing Piedmont RR
|
| Informed by QMG that
he had met Dodamead and he was en route to him in Greensboro
|
| Detailed men ordered
to him
|
| January 7, 1865 |
Responded to Maj.
Peters request for a spike machine
|
| Asked for 2 details
|
| Asked to impress a
locomotive to replace an impressed one
|
| January 9, 1865 |
Sims' use of
impressment
|
| Report on the
Charlotte depot fire from Charlotte
|
| January 10, 1865 |
Ordered to supply
transportation for Tredegar lumber
|
| Told to investigate
South Side RR not supplying enough hay because of shortage of motive
power
|
| January 11, 1865 |
Effect of the
Piedmont RR damage
|
| Which account?
|
| Received letter
regarding hauling forage in South Carolina
|
| Suggested hands hired
to RR be exempt from impressment
|
| January 12, 1865 |
Secretary of War
decided RR hands exempt from calls for work on fortifications --
addressed at Company Shops, N. C.
|
| Informed of views
of Danville Arsenal commander regarding wood and the Richmond to
Greensboro RRs
|
| January 13, 1865 |
Tried to lease
Piedmont RR
|
| Major Peters
reported on his activities in the far west
|
| Ordered to report
on cotton shipped from Montgomery to Wilmington
|
| January 14, 1865 |
Ordered Richmond
& York River RR flats be turned over to the Engineer Department for
use on the Virginia Central RR
|
| Informed that North
Carolina RR now running fewer trains
|
| Requested to
re-establish auditors in the West
|
| January
19, 1865 |
Received report of
grades on Piedmont RR
|
| Received question
about an order Hottel issued
|
| Received request
regarding North Carolina RR wood details
|
| January
20, 1865 |
| Urged Tredegar to
finish parts for Piedmont RR locomotive
|
| Asked for
permission to hire a messenger
|
| Payment of RRs in
Alabama & Mississippi
|
| Ordered Hottel
regarding slave exemptions
|
| Set rate for
auditing Western North Carolina RR
|
| Reported status of
claim against Wilmington & Manchester RR
|
| Informed QMG that
naval stores shipped from Charlotte were actually private
|
| Virginia Central RR
request for help in making wheels for a locomotive referred to him
|
| January 21, 1865 |
Recommended transfer
of a detail from Charleston & Savannah RR to South Carolina RR
|
| Ordered iron given to Shelby
Iron Works to make cars and reported purchase of a locomotive for
the Montgomery branch
|
| Rented Richmond &
Petersburg RR ambulance train
|
| Advanced rates for
the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
|
| Discussed possible
contract with Selma company
|
| Responded to Capt. Raoul's report
|
| January 21, 1865 |
From Selma, Ala, writes to Quartermaster
Department in Richmond asking that his duties as Railroad Agent be
defined. Referred to Lt. Col. F. W. Sims, who says that Major Peters
was relieved from duty with him and ordered to report to General
Polk. Since then he has not been under Col. Sims' orders and cannot
define his duties. {From Major Peters' NA
Biography; such correspondence has not been found}
|
| January 21, 1865 |
Peters wrote asking
who should pay for labor and materials used under an order of Genl.
Polk
|
| Asked rate increase
for Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
|
| January 22, 1865 |
Assisted with request
to impress slaves in South Carolina
|
| January 23, 1865 |
Leasing the
Piedmont RR
|
| Received report of
fraud
|
| Directed costing for
cars of Virginia Central RR and Richmond & Danville RR on each
other's roads
|
| Directed auditing of
2 Alabama RRs
|
|
Discussed assignment of a Private to his office
|
| Answered a request
for rate increases
|
| Status of claims
against the Northeastern RR
|
| Allotted space for
Express Co. cars on the Piedmont RR
|
| Asked what iron is
under his control
|
| Had Frizzell ordered
to Augusta to audit accounts
|
| January 24, 1865 |
Notified Capt. C.
C. Sims of a new transportation officer in his area
|
| Received letter
about improving RR capacity
|
| Identified the end
point of the Western North Carolina RR
|
| Confirmed rates for
the Pensacola & Georgia RR
|
| Baled forage needed
transportation
|
| Requested status of
a locomotive in Petersburg
|
| Asked Major
Whitfield for information
|
| Asked RRs slaves not
be impressed
|
| January 25, 1865 |
Answered Sharp's
question about weighing every shipment
|
| January 26, 1865 |
Offered box cars in
place of flats
|
| Forwarded request for
detail
|
| Asked North Carolina
RR to agree to track arrangement at rebuilt Charlotte depot
|
| January
27, 1865 |
Atlantic & Gulf
RR rates set
|
| Distribution of
money to Alabama & Mississippi RRs
|
| Asked help finding
missing goods
|
| Proposed solution to
an exemption problem
|
| Settlement of an
account
|
| Asked about the
responsibilities of RR Cos
|
| January
28, 1865 |
Provided cars for
Charlottesville
|
| Ordered to report on
possible impressment of a train
|
| Regarding
transporting Virginia Central RR iron
|
| Recommended assignment
of a man to Whitfield
|
| Cars from Danville
to Charlotte
|
| Asked rate increase
for Memphis & Charleston RR
|
| January 30, 1865 |
Ordered G. A. Cuyler
to supervise a contract for 200 box cars to be constructed.
Hottel to be the inspector
|
| Noted status of
locomotives for Piedmont RR
|
| Asked for a loan of
wood
|
| Answered regarding a
detailed man
|
| Answered Hugh Rice's
questions
|
| Gave instructions
to a re-assigned auditor
|
| The problem was
addressed days ago
|
| Asked if bonds can
be received from RR companies in payment of debts
|
| January 31, 1865 |
Answered Charleston
& Savannah RR about a rate increase
|
| Received report on
reason for freight rate on wood on Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Informed the Bureau
does not buy RR iron like Manassas Gap RR wants payment for
|
| February 1, 1865 |
Asked Capt. Raoul
for comments on building cars
|
| Railroad repairs
should be undertaken by the Engineer Bureau
|
| Ordered Hottel to
get and repair engines from west of the Pearl River
|
| Reported on wood
charge on Petersburg RR
|
| February 2, 1865 |
Wanted South Side RR
to ship through to Petersburg
|
| Wood for
Charlottesville
|
| Discussed repairing
railroads with George Whitfield
|
| February 3, 1865 |
Agreed with
proposed Albany to Thomasville road
|
| Asked Piedmont RR
Superintendent to instruct Greensboro agent to allow through
shipments
|
| Asked for safe
payment of railroads
|
| Asked opinion on
assigning a QM at Butler, Ga.
|
| Received a detailed
man
|
| February 4, 1865 |
Sims ordered sealing
of cars carrying government freight
|
| Informed that 50
carloads of salt were waiting orders at Lynchburg
|
| Ordered shipping of
government freight at Greensboro
|
| Detail requested
over his name
|
| Asked to get
shipment of soap from Charlotte to Lee
|
| February 5, 1865 |
Manassas Gap RR asked
for the detail of a man
|
| February 6, 1865 |
Informed
Quartermaster General that an agent was required at a particular
station
|
| Shortage of bacon
on Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| February 7, 1865 |
Ordered 2 Virginia
& Tennessee RR trains to run from Lynchburg to Petersburg
|
| Wrote Supt.
Dodamead about conditions on the Piedmont RR
|
| Discussed Congress
|
| Common carrier
rules in Florence
|
| Ordered Maj.
Whitfield to receive 2 locomotives from Lt. Col. Meriwether
|
| Asked about 22-car
trains
|
| Asked Quartermaster
about an Orange & Alexandria RR problem
|
| Tried to get
information on an iron shipment
|
| Lee commented on
Piedmont RR
|
| His reply to
Whitfield regarding rates was approved
|
| Informed of sugar
being lost awaiting transportation
|
| February 8, 1865 |
Was informed by
Tredegar that they were working on the order for Capt Raul, but
want to meet with Sims to discuss the rest of the contract
|
| Received inspection
report regarding Burkesville
|
| Tried to determine
the facts regarding a loss in shipment
|
| Responded to
possibility of moving a locomotive from Richmond & Petersburg RR
|
| Received report on
condition of Piedmont RR
|
| February 9, 1865 |
Was sent a bill for
the Western & Atlantic RR rolling stock lost at the fall of
Atlanta
|
| Lawton & Live Oak
RR iron question
|
| February 10, 1865 |
Sims asks Richmond
& York River RR to let him have 12 flat cars
|
| Makes recommendation
on Virginia Central RR tools lost and replaced
|
| Urges Richmond &
Danville RR to increase its efforts to carry away everything the
Piedmont RR delivers to Danville
|
| Instructs a
Quartermaster regarding shipping wood on the Orange & Alexandria
RR
|
| Richmond &
Danville RR to use a passenger train to assist in reducing the
Danville backlog
|
| Asks for report of
South Side RR shipments from Burkeville
|
| Directed to resolve
Mobile & Ohio RR claim for repairs
|
| Told Richmond &
Petersburg RR needs more engines
|
| Alabama &
Mississippi River RR rates approved
|
| Wrote his evaluation
of the present condition of the RR that the QMG quoted in his report
to the new Secretary of War
|
| Receives notice from
Tredegar of amount owed by RR Bureau
|
| February
11, 1865 |
Weight everything on
the Piedmont RR
|
| Asks Richmond &
Danville RR to to use the Piedmont RR weights for sealed cars
|
| Asks Virginia
Central RR to reply to a document
|
| Waller to continue
his reports; Sims will reconcile the Piedmont RR's accounts
|
| Informs Florida RR
they will receive a rate advance
|
| Gives iron work of 2
destroyed government cars to Mr. Grimes
|
| February 13, 1865 |
| Wants to rearrange
track at Charlotte depot
|
| Gives pep talk to
Rice at Manassas Gap RR shops in Greensboro
|
|
Plan for reimbursing bureaus for loss and damage
on RRs
|
|
Loss of hats reported
|
|
Detail requested
|
| February 14, 1865 |
Proposes to cover
Capt. Sharp's property return for archives
|
|
Recommends increased rates for Mobile & Ohio RR
|
|
Informed of corn sack weight problem for
shippers
|
| Orders cars for
Richmond sealed
|
| February 15, 1865 |
Arranges for more
wood for Charlottesville
|
| Wilmington & Weldon
RR asks increase of rates
|
| Notes increased
rates in Richmond area
|
| Sims asks Gorgas for
some old shells in order to make some repairs
|
| Calls attention to
Seaboard & Roanoke RR shipment reporting errors
|
| February 16, 1865 |
Instructs Maj.
Chrisman, in Greensboro, to put his seal on cars
|
| Provides
transportation for iron
|
| Asks and receives
approval for Tredegar to make parts for cars
|
| Asks Western North
Carolina RR to give up their rails
|
| Forwards a request
for a detail
|
| Asked to help remove
Treasury Bureau from Columbia
|
| February 17, 1865 |
Requests a man to be
detailed
|
| Ordered to report on
improper transportation of private supplies at Petersburg
|
| Asked to release
impressed Virginia & Tennessee RR train
|
| February
18, 1865 |
Request pig iron to
make cars
|
| Transportation needs
between Charleston, Wilmington and Goldsboro
|
| RR presidents want
exemption for their employees from military duties
|
| Request to build a
warehouse at Raleigh depot referred to him
|
| Rate increase for
Piedmont RR
|
| February 20, 1865 |
Request 2 mechanics
be detailed at once
|
| February 21, 1865 |
Detailed man ordered
through him to Manassas Gap RR
|
| February 22, 1865 |
Makes agreement
with Southern Express Co. for free shipment of provisions to troops
in the field
|
| March 7, 1865 |
Requested a detail
for Manassas Gap RR
|
| March 8, 1865 |
Replies to plan to
prevent private freight from being shipped as Government freight
|
| Forwards a detail
request
|
| Proposes rate
increase for Wilmington & Weldon RR
|
| March 11, 1865 |
Detailed man ordered
to Manassas Gap RR through him
|
| March 18, 1865 |
Mayo reports on
loss of cotton during troop movement
|
| March 20, 1865 |
Proposes the seizure
of part of the South Side RR and running it with the Virginia &
Tennessee RR. Approved on March 25
|
| March 21, 1865 |
Emanuel asks Sec. of
War to hand a document to Mobile & Ohio RR's Fleming, indicating he
was about to head to Richmond and would certainly have written to
and met with Sims, if he arrived in time
|
| March 22, 1865 |
Wrote Secretary of
Navy to have rolling stock repaired in Charlotte
|
| March 23, 1865 |
Mentioned as Lt. Col. & Chief of Rail Road Bureau |
| March 23, 1865 |
Was about to take
control of at least the western end of the South Side RR
|
| March 25, 1865 |
Detailed Treasurer
of Nashville & Chattanooga RR to the Superintendent of that road
|
| Unknown |
Asks Whitford to
join him in Richmond for conference with Lawton
|
| May 12, 1865 |
Paroled as Lt. Col. at Charlotte, N. C. (Surrendered
April 26, 1865) |
| May 20, 1873 |
Elected President of
the Coast Line RR (resigned June 3rd)
|
| November 24, 1874 |
Entertained entire
newspaper fraternity of Savannah on Thanksgiving day
|
| May 25, 1875 |
Died of morphine
overdose in
San Francisco
|
| July 21, 1904 |
2nd wife died
|
